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US 11,844,663 B2Granted
Light curing dental system
AssigneeDENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
InventorsThomas Ruth, William Kane, Joseph Gordon, Luke Hagan, David Copeland, Andrew Burke, Dustin Gaidos, Christos Angeletakis
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Abstract
A light curing dental system comprising a light emitting tray that precisely distributes an optimal amount of curing light energy to internal, external and extra oral portions of the dental arch to cure a dental material. The light curing dental system generally includes a light source, a light emitting dental tray, an activation module and a photocurable dental material.
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A dental tray system comprising:
- a dental tray having a body having a channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental material, a light conductor, and a connector portion, and
- a light engine having at least one battery or an attachment to an external power source, at least one light source, an integrated circuit, and a connector portion, and
- a charging station,
- wherein the connector portion of the dental tray directly contacts the connector portion of the light engine such that the at least one light source is directly coupled with the light conductor such that the light conductor emits light throughout the dental tray thereby curing the photocurable dental material,
- wherein upon contact between a first contact portion of the dental tray and a second contact portion of the light engine an electrical connection is made such that the integrated circuit identifies a type of dental tray or the changing station,
- wherein upon identification of the type of dental tray, the integrated circuit activates the appropriate light source dependent on dental tray type, and
- wherein upon identification of the charging station, the integrated circuit applies the correct charging sequence.
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A dental tray system comprising:
- a dental tray having a body having a channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental material, a light conductor, and a connector portion, and
- a light engine having at least one battery or an attachment to an external power source, at least one light source, an integrated circuit, and a connector portion, and
- a charging station,
- wherein the connector portion of the dental tray directly contacts the connector portion of the light engine such that the at least one light source is directly coupled with the light conductor such that the light conductor emits light throughout the dental tray thereby curing the photocurable dental material,
- wherein the integrated circuit of the light engine is capable of detecting at least one parameter of temperature, suitability of mechanical connection, type of tray or charging station suitability of optical connection, battery level, degradation of the light source, or combinations thereof, and
- wherein if at least one parameter does not meet predetermined requirement then the light engine is capable of notifying a user that such predetermined requirement was not met.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.