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4710 St-Ambroise, Suite 225
Montreal, Quebec H4C 2C7 Canada
phone:1.866.937.8882
fax:514.937.3225
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| www.prodrivesystems.com
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Medical Devices & Tech |
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| Summary Description |
| Improving Cutting Speed and Reliability of Dental Handpieces |
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| Management |
| Dr. Derek M. J. Turner, Founder & Chairman; Jean T. Castonguay, Founder President & CEO; Clive Hooton, V.P. Quality; Mark Scott, Vice President Marketing & Product Management; Richard St. Pierre, V.P. of Operations; Mark Powell, V.P. Sales and Member of the Advisory Board; |
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| Keywords |
| dental, handpiece, |
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| Description |
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ProDrive Systems, Inc. identifies the functional shortcomings of existing dental technologies and products and uses their findings in the development of improved and novel products. The company is specifically focused on solving the common problem of poor dental handpiece cutting speed and reliability. |
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| Products / Services |
The ProDrive System is the first high performance upgrade turbine and bur (commonly known as a dental drill) designed to retrofit into existing handpieces to improve cutting speed, quality and accuracy, enhancing the efficiency of dentists. The bur may be safely and efficiently lengthened up to 3 millimeters for enhanced flexibility. ProDrive also offers a Handpiece Clinic, which consists of service specialists with over 10 years of high and low speed dental handpiece repair experience.
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| Technology / Differentiation |
| Conventional friction grip chuck systems inadequately hold the bur in the spinning turbine, causing a loss of torque (difference in rotation) which reduces cutting speed. The ProDrive 100% Torque Transfer ensures the synchronous movement of turbine and bur to ensure full cutting power of the handpiece and maximum efficiency during all operating conditions and under all cutting loads. ProDrive's patented locking turbine-bur system is also designed to provide the user with more reliable and consistent cut paths, even during the most delicate of procedures. |
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The ProDrive System is expected to have a significant impact in the North American turbine/bur market, valued at almost $1.6 billion in annual sales. The company's technology is targeted to the 135,000 North American dentists seeking to enhance the efficiency of their practices and accuracy of their procedures.
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| ProDrive Systems received FDA Regulatory License Approval for the ProDrive Upgrade Turbine in August 2006. The company launched a nationwide certified service program with Handpiece Experts in November 2007, whose network (as of August 2008) consists of over 160 independent handpiece repair firms across the United States and Canada. Additionally, the ProDrive Systems and Handpiece Experts proprietary lubricant oil has been FDA certified for use with all handpiece makes and models since January 2008. |
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