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52 results about "Dental lights" patented technology

Dental light controller and concentrator

A light shield device (13) which is attached to light wands (30) of various diameters to filter and redirect reflected light. The shield has a planar part (13) with an attached retainer column (20) mounted in an off-center location, a see-through mirror (16) in a central location, and a reflective Fresnel lens configuration (14) at its outer perimeter. The device is formed of plastics which filter some radiation. The shield permits an operator to monitor light applications without harmful eye irritations.
Owner:DUNAWAY DARCY M

Dental light guide

The present invention is a device that attaches to a light source to transmit and distribute light energy to the surface or internal chamber of a tooth for the purpose of photo-initiation of light curing resins and dental tooth whitening. More particularly, the invention may be used with a single or multiple Light Emitting Diode(s) to more efficiently collect and transmit the light energy emitted by the LED(s) resulting in increased total energy, uniform illumination, and collimation of the light energy delivered to the tooth.
Owner:DEN MAT HLDG

Dental illumination device and method

A dental illumination device is provided that comprises a plurality of light-emitting diodes capable of emitting light of selected wavelengths that do not activate initiator molecules contained within dental restorative material such as dental composite, or at an intensity which is insufficient to initiate substantial polymerization of the dental restorative material. Typically, the dental illumination device produces light having wavelengths not in a range selected from 400 nm to 500 nm, 350 nm to 470 nm and below 350 nm to 420 nm. The dental illumination device may further comprise a switch that allows the aforementioned wavelengths to be switched off or reduced in intensity as required. The dental illumination device may operate as a stand-alone unit or may be fitted to an existing dental light.
Owner:TOPSTORE

Dental light devices having an improved heat sink

ActiveUS7581846B2Efficiently remove and divertEfficiently remove and divert heatCosmetic preparationsImpression capsConductive materialsPhase change
The present invention relates to a heat sink material that can more efficiently remove or divert heat from a light source or sources with a given weight of heat sink material when compare to a heat sink made of a solid block of thermally conductive material such as metal. It further relates to a heat sink that can more efficiently remove or divert heat from a curing light device when a reduced weight of heat sink material is used. The inventive heat sink has at least one suitable phase change material including organic materials, inorganic materials and combinations thereof. These materials can undergo substantially reversible phase changes, and can typically go through a large, if not an infinite number of cycles without losing their effectiveness.
Owner:DISCUS DENTAL LLC

Dental light devices having an improved heat sink

The present invention relates to a heat sink material that can more efficiently remove or divert heat from a light source or sources with a given weight of heat sink material when compare to a heat sink made of a solid block of thermally conductive material such as metal. It further relates to a heat sink that can more efficiently remove or divert heat from a curing light device when a reduced weight of heat sink material is used. The inventive heat sink has at least one suitable phase change material including organic materials, inorganic materials and combinations thereof. These materials can undergo substantially reversible phase changes, and can typically go through a large, if not an infinite number of cycles without losing their effectiveness.
Owner:DISCUS DENTAL LLC

Disposable protective sleeve for temporarily covering hand-held dental light curing guns

A disposable protective sleeve for temporarily covering a hand-held dental light curing gun having an elongated handle portion and a barrel portion that tapers to a transmitting end having a light guide from which light emanates, the gun having a curved transitional portion between the handle portion and the barrel portion. The disposable protective sleeve is made from a flexible plastic elongated tubular body with an opening at one or both ends. The body defines a generally straight proximal section and a curved section. The larger end opening is larger than the transmitting end, the barrel portion, the transitional portion and the handle portion of the curing gun, so that the sleeve is adapted to be placed over at least most of the curing gun by passing the larger end opening over the transmitting end, barrel portion, transitional portion and handle portion of the curing gun, so that the sleeve covers at least the transitional portion and at least most of the handle portion of the gun.
Owner:PINNACLE PRODS

Dental Light Guide

The present invention is a device that attaches to a light source to transmit and distribute light energy to the surface or internal chamber of a tooth for the purpose of photo-initiation of light curing resins and dental tooth whitening. More particularly, the invention may be used with a single or multiple Light Emitting Diode(s) to more efficiently collect and transmit the light energy emitted by the LED(s) resulting in increased total energy, uniform illumination, and collimation of the light energy delivered to the tooth.
Owner:DEN MAT HLDG

Self-positioning dental light filtering device

A self-positioning dental light filtering device is disclosed. The filtering device includes a transparent filter member for blocking optically harmful light emitted from a tip of a dental curing device, and a rotational bearing having an inner component defining an opening for receiving the tip. A retaining device holds the tip substantially centered inside the rotational bearing and substantially rotationally stationary relative to the inner component of the rotational bearing. A counterweight below the rotational bearing causes the filter member to remain in an upright position above the tip when the tip of the curing device and / or curing device itself is rotated.
Owner:MACE JAMES GORDON

Dental light curing member and method

The elastomeric member of the present invention is a flexible light guide and curing aid, which permits pressure to be applied to a photo curable material during the clinical restoration of a tooth while simultaneously curing the material by exposing the photo curable material to light. The method of the present invention permits the high forces developed between the occlusal surfaces of opposing teeth when engaged to be utilized to create the applied pressure on the photo curable material. The elastomeric member is soft and has an optically transparent body with a first section having first and second opposing planar surfaces adapted for placement in lateral juxtaposition between the occlusal surfaces of opposing teeth of human dentition and a second section extending from the first section adapted to facilitate contact with a dental light guide while the opposing teeth are engaged.
Owner:FRIEDMAN JOSHUA

Optical composite cure radiometer and method

A radiometer and method for providing an indication of the amount of time (exposure duration) needed to cause a light curable dental resin composite material to maximally polymerize in response to the application of light from any light-curing source during the preparation of a dental restoration. It describes a radiometer comprising a sample holder of a size designed to hold a sample equivalent of said dental light curable dental material such that the thickness of the sample of light curable material in the sample holder will correspond to the depth of the composite material in the dental restoration; a solid state light sensor; a microprocessor programmed to respond to the output voltage or change in electrical resistance of the light sensor based upon an algorithm defining a mathematical model representative of the change in light transmission through the light curable dental material as a function of the degree to which said light curable dental material is being polymerized. It includes a time display that is responsive to the output signal generated from the microprocessor for displaying the amount of time (exposure duration) needed to maximally polymerize the light curable dental material in the dental restoration.
Owner:FRIEDMAN JOSHUA

Portable color corrected over head dental light to match shades of teeth with true chromatic efficiency and to accelerate tooth whitening

A portable color corrected light for the correct matching of tooth shades and acceleration of tooth whitening has been developed. In order to accurately match the tint and hue (true color) of teeth, the device provides 5500 to 6500 Kelvin, ambient-independent light with the ability to block or overwhelm ambient light to get a precise “color” reading of that tooth. The same light can accelerate the tooth whitening process with the addition of photo-accelerators to increase the decomposition of H2O2 or other peroxide whitening material. In addition, the same light can also serve as a dental operatory light which provides a closer to daylight illumination than conventional halogen dental lights.
Owner:WANG DANIEL +1

Dental light using LEDs

A dental light comprises at least one light emitting diode light source configured to produce a light beam and at least one collimating lens system situated to receive the light beam. The collimating lens system is configured to collect and collimate the light beam. The collimating lens system can additionally modify the beam through controlled diffusion or shape the beam using an aperture.
Owner:A DEC INC

Optically regulated dental light unit

InactiveUS20080274436A1Stable and repeatable light outputDental toolsBoring toolsEngineeringLight source
A dental system includes a light source, a power supply that adjusts a quantity of light produced by the light source, a measuring device that measures a quantity of light received from the light source, an input, through which user data, including a desired quantity of light, can be entered, and a controller which, together with the measuring device, forms at least part of a feedback loop. The controller receives the user data and communicates with the measuring device and the power supply so that the power supply adjusts a quantity of light emitted by the light source. As a result, the quantity of light received from the light source becomes substantially equal to the desired quantity of light.
Owner:DEN MAT HLDG

Photopolymerization initiator

A photopolymerization initiator comprising (A) an α-diketone compound such as camphorquinone, (B1) an aliphatic amine compound such as triethanolamine or N-methyldiethanolamine, (B2) an aromatic amine compound such as ethyl p-dimethylaminobenzoate or N,N-dimethyl p-toluidine, and (C) a triazine compound substituted with a trihalomethyl group, such as 2,4,6-tris(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine or 2-phenyl-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine. The photopolymerization initiator remains stable against the environmental light such as the indoor illumination light from a fluorescent lamp or the dental light illuminating the interior of the oral cavity, is excellently handled, is quickly cured by the irradiation with an intense light emitted from a light irradiator for polymerization, provides a cured body having excellent properties, can be stably preserved even at high temperatures, and is very useful as a dental composite resin.
Owner:TOKUYAMA CORP +1

Light guide for a dental light device and a method of making the light guide

A light guide adapted for use with a dental light device has a reflector tube for receiving light from a light source of a light device and for guiding the light toward an end of the reflector tube. The light guide comprises further a reflector plate adjacent the end of the reflector tube. The reflector plate has a reflective face which is arranged inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. The light guide may facilitate handling of a light device in use, and may help minimizing costs.
Owner:3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO

Photoepolymerization initiater

A photopolymerization initiator comprising (A) an alpha -diketone compound such as camphorquinone, (B1) an aliphatic amine compound such as triethanolamine or N-methyldiethanolamine, (B2) an aromatic amine compound such as ethyl p-dimethylaminobenzoate or N,N-dimethyl p-toluidine, and (C) a triazine compound substituted with a trihalomethyl group, such as 2,4,6-tris(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine or 2-phenyl-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine. The photopolymerization initiator remains stable against the environmental light such as the indoor illumination light from a fluorescent lamp or the dental light illuminating the interior of the oral cavity, is excellently handled, is quickly cured by the irradiation with an intense light emitted from a light irradiator for polymerization, provides a cured body having excellent properties, can be stably preserved even at high temperatures, and is very useful as a dental composite resin.
Owner:TOKUYAMA CORP +1

Dental light curing device coupled to a light measuring device

The invention relates to a light measuring device 34, in particular for dental light curing devices, for detecting the illumination intensity of a light source 19, which is arranged, in particular, in the light curing device, to which a light guiding device, in particular, having a light exit surface 21 at its outlet, is connected, the light measuring device 34 having at least four measurement fields 38 distributed in two dimensions.
Owner:IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG

Dental lamp and operation illuminating lamp dual-purpose device capable of realizing optical mode switching

The invention provides a dental lamp and operation illuminating lamp dual-purpose device capable of realizing optical mode switching. The device comprises an illuminating lamp body, optical lenses andan LED light source module, wherein the LED light source module is fixed on the illuminating lamp body, the optical lenses comprise a first optical lens and second optical lenses, the first optical lens is arranged under the LED light source module, the second optical lenses are arranged on a secondary optical lens cover and located below the first optical lens, hollowed empty slots and the second optical lenses are arranged on the secondary optical lens cover at intervals, and the secondary optical lens cover rotates relative to the illuminating lamp body. The optical lenses are designed into two separate types, and the first optical lens is arranged in the position opposite to the LED light source module and can realize light gathering through the module during light emitting; and the second optical lenses can rotate relative to the first optical lens, so that the two kinds of the lenses are separated or matched for switching of a tooth diagnosis mode and a dental lamp mode.
Owner:东莞市欧微照明科技有限公司

Optical filter for dental light curing machine

The present invention relates to optical filter for dental light curing machine, and provides one kind of optical filter structure with double plated surfaces and capacity of eliminating ultraviolet ray and near infrared ray for dental light curing machine. The optical filter structure possesses high effective curing light transmittance, increased curing depth of dental light curing machine, less temperature raising and effectively increased service life. Structurally, the optical filter has cut-off filtering films comprising high and low refraction index materials coated to the both sides.
Owner:SUN YAT SEN UNIV

Molar media mount

Some embodiments provide a molar media mount for positioning a media display device in unobscured view and direct line of sight of a patient. In some embodiments, the molar media mount includes a first end that attaches to a mounting arm of a medical device and a second end that attaches to and holds the media display device. In some embodiments, the second end includes a ball joint for setting an angle of the media display device that corresponds to the direct line of sight. In some embodiments, the molar media mount includes a set of articulating points that position a media display screen in a direct line of sight of a person in an examination seat In some embodiments, the medical device is a dental light. In some embodiments, the media display device attaches to the dental light.
Owner:CULBERSON CASEY F

Dental light curing device

ActiveUS20170007385A1Increase the areaDischarge the waste heat generated by the light emitting chip more effectivelyBoring toolsDental prostheticsElectricityComputer module
A dental light curing device includes a first shell segment, a second shell segment coupled with the first shell segment to jointly define an installation space, and a light emitting module and a duty module located in the installation space. The first shell segment and the second shell segment have respectively a first confining rib and a second confining rib to divide the installation space into a first zone and a second zone. The light emitting module is located in the second zone to form electric connection with the duty module and be controlled to generate a curing light. The light emitting module includes a primary heat sink, a secondary heat sink located on the primary heat sink and a light emitting chip located on the secondary heat sink. The primary heat sink is hollow and includes a cooling passage and a cooling fan located in the cooling passage.
Owner:MONITEX IND

Self-positioning dental light filtering device

A self-positioning dental light filtering device is disclosed. The filtering device includes a transparent filter member for blocking optically harmful light emitted from a tip of a dental curing device, and a rotational bearing having an inner component defining an opening for receiving the tip. A retaining device holds the tip substantially centered inside the rotational bearing and substantially rotationally stationary relative to the inner component of the rotational bearing. A counterweight below the rotational bearing causes the filter member to remain in an upright position above the tip when the tip of the curing device and / or curing device itself is rotated.
Owner:MACE JAMES GORDON

Colored dental post

A dental post includes a composite material such as long fibers embedded in a resin matrix, and is able to transmit visible radiation when it is lit by a dental lamp to ensure polymerization of a product for setting in a tooth's root canal. The post, which has a specific color determined at ambient temperature before insertion into said canal, and which contains at least one thermochromic substance able to provide said specific color, loses its color when in place in the canal. A method for forming the dental post and a kit including a plurality of dental posts and drills are also disclosed.
Owner:SOC DE RES & DEVS TECHN DENTAIRES R T D

Dental light guide rod with beam homogenizing function

ActiveCN107102404ASolve the problem of uneven brightness distributionUniform brightness distributionCoupling light guidesBundled fibre light guideLight guideLight beam
The invention relates to the field of dental medical instruments, in particular to a dental light guide rod with beam homogenizing function, comprising a light guide rod, a light collimator, a shell and a laser handle, wherein the shell sleeves the laser handle, and the free end of the shell is connected to the light guide rod; within the shell, the light collimator is arranged between the light-emitting end of the laser handle and an end of the light guide rod; light from the light-emitting end of the laser handle passes through the light collimator and enters the end face of the light guide rod, and a plurality of optical fibers are arranged densely in the light guide rod. The light from a light source is collimated into parallel light that enters the light guide rod, and therefore, the problem can be solved that light form the light guide rod has non-uniform brightness distribution under direct entering.
Owner:LAZON MEDICAL LASER CO LTD

A dental light irradiation device

InactiveCN106233190AImproved photohardening reliabilityDentistryCondensersLight guideIrradiation
A dental light irradiation device is adapted to emit blue light. The device has a light source, means for collimating light emitted from the light source, and a light guide. The light collimating means comprising: a plano-convex lens oriented with the planar side toward the light source, and a reflector formed by a hollow ring-shaped structure having an inner conical and reflective surface. The reflector is arranged such that its inner cross-section widens toward the lens and extends over the entire distance between the planar side of the lens and the light source. The light source being positioned substantially at the effective focal length of the lens, and the light guide having an input side for receiving light emitted from the light source and an output side for the light.
Owner:3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
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