Title :
The design and implementation of microcontroller supported amalgamator [for dentistry]
Author :
GÜnes, Salih ; Yaldiz, Ercan ; Sayin, M. Vehbi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Selcuk Univ., Konya, Turkey
Abstract :
In this study, a programmable integrated circuit (PIC) microcontroller-based medical apparatus was constructed for dentistry. The function of the apparatus is to obtain high-quality tooth-filling materials. In dentistry, the tooth-filling material does not adhere correctly and often falls out after some period of time. The reason for this problem is that the mixing process of mercury and amalgam isn´t done correctly. With the realized system, this mixing problem was solved and achieved successfully.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; dentistry; materials preparation; medical computing; mercury alloys; microcontrollers; mixing; programmable controllers; programmable logic devices; adhesion; dentistry; high-quality tooth-filling materials; mercury-amalgam mixing process; microcontroller-based medical apparatus; microcontroller-supported amalgamator; programmable integrated circuit; Clocks; DC motors; Dentistry; EPROM; Filling; Microcontrollers; Microprocessors; Reduced instruction set computing; Registers; Teeth;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2000. MELECON 2000. 10th Mediterranean
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6290-X
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2000.880044
