Automatically resetting, force-sensing probe and related method

Details Automatically resetting, force-sensing probe and related method Automatically resetting, force-sensing probe and related method

1987-07-02

1989-06-27

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

Pad

33514, A61B 510

Patent

active

048419877

ABSTRACT:
An automatically-resetting force-sensing probe for obtaining a standarized depth measurement of a periodontal pocket which automatically resets after the measurement, and which indicates the level of force exerted by the periodontal tissue at the floor of the pocket upon the probe while the depth measurement of the pocket is taken. A related method of operation is also described.

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