driver (to drive)

09:50 Jun 18, 2020

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Tech/Engineering - Patents / (in a patent) dental tool

English term or phrase: driver (to drive)

Many dental tools require a power cable, a conduit to carry for example water, air, or another media, a data cable, or a combination of such cables and conduits. These dental tools are typically designed for a particular purpose and cannot be used for different tasks or multiple purposes. A dentist or other dental professional performing a dental procedure or operation may need several single-purpose dental tools to complete that procedure. Each single-purpose dental tool may require one or more of a power cable, media conduit, or data cable to operate.

some of the attachments 350 may include an electrical output device, which is referred to herein as a “driver.” For example, the driver may be a linear motor, a rotary motor, or other suitable motor. In addition or alternatively, the driver may be or include an a light source, for example, a laser, lamp, or similar device. In some embodiments, the driver may be a removable module separate from the interchangeable attachments 350.

The electronic processor 750 operates the interchangeable attachment using the graphical user interface (at block 1320). For example, the electronic processor 750 controls a driver to drive the endodontic drill attachment 150 in response to receiving an input associated with the graphical user interface.

The modular dental system of claim 1, wherein the control module further includes a driver configured to drive the attachment, and wherein the driver comprises one selected from a group consisting of linear motor and a rotary motor.

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pilote

Michael Roberts

4 +1

mécanisme/dispositif

Cyril Tollari

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

7 hrs confidence:

pilote

Explanation:
les mots 'pilote' et 'piloter' sont utilisés ainsi par 'Bien-Air dental', a swiss manufacturer of dental equipment, in their brochure, as well as a distributor, dentalbiolux. (see http references below: the first downloads a pdf brochure by the producer, the second is a link to online catalogue; both mention pilote)

Example sentence(s):

la station STATION STS - TD 890 [...] pilote la turbine TDS 890

https://www.club-bienair.com/fileRepository.axd?id=110&token=9aa19f87-fbef-4305-9b2e-7f8617f7ad2a
https://dentalbiolux.com/fr/micro-moteur--turbine/5368-station-sts--td-890spray-bien-air-1700296-001-27500014.html

Michael Roberts
Morocco
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of:

English,

French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Germaine: Ça va quand on parle du "driver" du 3e paragraph. Mais je ne crois pas qu'on puisse dire "pilote" pour les moteurs, le laser, etc.// Except that here, the "driver" IS the motor or the laser. Please, see discussion.

6 mins

-> Merci! Cpdt, il y a 3 instances de "piloter un moteur" sur https://www.interface-z.com/conseil/moteurs.php & 3 instances sur shorturl.at/nuFQ2 de "piloter un laser": Piloter un laser en dmx; [...] avec du son en mode XY, comment piloter un LASER IBIZA 10

neutral

Daryo: Swiss French can occasionally be really weird (for a non-Swiss francophone) - I would think twice before using Swiss French as a reference applicable to France or anywhere else outside of Switzerland.

2 hrs

-> Thank you! I agree there are very few references to 'piloter' as 'drive' in the dentistry field. However, in other fields, such a electronics, the use of 'pilote' for driver and 'piloter' for 'drive' is well established (see answer to previous comments)

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mécanisme/dispositif

Explanation:
Ce sont des termes généraux qui marchent dans tous les cas de figure de ce texte selon moi (inclus laser, lamp, etc). Dans driver, je pense que l'élément important c'est l'aspect conversion de l'électricité en un mouvement ou une fonction (laser).
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/mécanisme/substantif

Cyril Tollari
France
Local time: 16:18
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Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 72

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