Patent ID: 7485217

Claim:
A dental unit water line (DUWL) monitoring and maintenance apparatus, for monitoring a DUWL component of a dental unit, the apparatus comprising: cleansing means attached to the DUWL for cleansing the fluid passing therethrough; pumping means attached to the DUWL for pumping fluid in the DUWL; control means for controlling the cleansing means of the water line; monitoring means for monitoring the operation of the dental unit in use and storing data related to that operation; and a timer for timing and recording data relating to both periods of dental unit activity and inactivity, wherein, in use to control the overall cleansing procedures associated with both the dental unit and associated DUWL, the control means operates to receive data from the monitoring means and the timer and, based upon that data and reference data controls the cleansing means and operation of the pumping means.