TUBE AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL SOCKET FOR FEEDING OF DENTAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A61C1/18 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medical instruments and can be applied in surgery and dentistry. Tube contains canals of fluid medium supply and electric lines and multifunctional socket on front end for plug-type connection of different types of instruments with part or with all canals and lines. Multifunctional socket contains connecters of fluid medium supply, which are connected with canals, and electric connectors, connected with lines. Each of connectors has its own place on front part of multifunctional socket. Feeding tube contains at least one additional electric line, which contains additional conductor. Conductor is connected with one of connectors for fluid medium supply of multifunctional socket. Two-purpose connector is made with possibility of providing depending on choice connection for fluid medium supply, electric connection or simultaneously both connections. Additional conductor can be placed inside or outside of flexible hose, which forms canal of fluid medium supply, or to said hose wall.

EFFECT: invention allows to not only really increase number of necessary electric connections, preserving location and size of multifunctional socket, but also increase number of different versions of constructions of connectors in sockets, which are connected to said multifunctional socket, in particular in sockets of various instruments, for which it is necessary to provide feeding from connected with them tube and block.

8 cl, 5 dwg