Patent ID: 7179087

Claim:
Medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rearward end with a coupling element for coupling with a matching coupling element of a flexible supply line, and a forward region with a holder device for a tool, the handpiece comprising: rearward and a forward handpiece sections which are connected with one another by means of a plug-in connection and are fixed on one another by means of a latching device which has a latching arm extending approximately axis-parallel and which is transversely elastically bendable, which latching arm is arranged on a plug-in connection part and is latched in its free end region with a latching element arranged on another plug-in connection part; and an insert part disposed in a recess of at least one plug-in connection part, the latching device at the same time axially fixing the insert part of the handpiece by the latching element engaging the insert part.