Hygienic safety

A bottle system for the practice - to protect patients and staff

Our Mytronic Bottle System fulfils the heightened awareness of hygienic process water in dental units in a special way. The dental practice protects patients and entire teams with an effective component in hygiene and infection control and is well equipped for any inspections.

Fig. 1: MBS complete system

 

Patented and easy to use

Over the past forty years, the bacterial count in the operating water of dental units has advanced from a non-issue to a focal point of dental hygiene and infection control. The current trend is towards bottle systems with an advantage in terms of safety and handling. It goes without saying that the hygiene team of every dental practice has to think about its own process water. This is because the waterworks is responsible up to the house connection.

One option: the process water is supplied from a bottle system during treatment and fed to turbines, scaler, etc. via the corresponding hoses. This version is in vogue because it is only around a tenth of the cost of a manufacturer-integrated treatment system.

The bottle is even patented, with key patent claims relating to the closure: A steep thread, slotted several times, makes it possible to screw the bottle into the bottle head from below with just one turn of the hand. It presses against a sealing disc at the top. This engages during the last 10 percent of the turning movement and automatically starts the pressurisation with 2 bar.

 

Fig. 2 and 3: The bottle, or rather the pressurised container, of the bottle system can be screwed on and off with (at most) a single turn.

It is essentially a ‘water bottle’; the hygiene team fills it with drinking water and adds a product to maintain the water quality. The bottle is then screwed onto the treatment unit or a separate device.

 

Reduction safety valve

When the bottle is screwed in, it is automatically pressurised to 2 bar. This pressure then forces the water through a ZEG, for example, and into the patient's mouth. This is why the colloquial term ‘bottle’ does not fully describe the container. The correct term would be ‘pressurised container’.

 

Fig. 4: A reducing safety valve ensures that 2 bar is always present.

Medical device class I

The Mytronic bottle, or pressurised container, including bottle top, riser tube and other components, is a Class I medical device and fulfils all the requirements of the latest European MDR (Medical Device Regulation).

The key safety features include a reduction safety valve, which is small in size but large in performance. It ensures that the bottle is always pressurised to the prescribed pressure of 2 bar and is automatically vented at 2.5 bar. Thanks to the stretch blow moulding process, the bottle has no seams or welds, is resistant to deformation up to 8 bar and would only burst at almost 15 bar - all verified by relevant tests.

A bottle can be used for an entire year. It must then be replaced as a wearing part. The ‘month of expiry’ is printed on the lower edge of the bottle - so the replacement interval can be reliably adhered to.

Fig. 5: Always in view - the expiry date for the timely replacement of the bottle with a new one.

 

Part of the Mytronic package

A special feature of this bottle system is that each individual component is validated, including a meticulously described preparation validation - a noticeable advantage.

 

You can find out more about the Mytronic Bottle System here.