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US 12,082,990 B1Granted
Dental impression tray
AssigneeKing Faisal University
InventorsNaseer Ahmed, Rizwan Jouhar, Afsheen Maqsood, Asra Salahuddin, Muhammad Faheemuddin, Muhammad Adeel Ahmed
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Abstract
A pressure sensor dental impression tray is provided and designed for both the maxilla and the mandible. The dental impression trays provide real-time feedback to prosthodontists regarding the force applied during the impression procedure and incorporate an array of pressure sensors and an analog to digital meter to measure and display the applied force in real-time.
Claims15
A maxillary arch dental impression tray, comprising:
- a tray body;
- a tray handle attached to the tray body;
- an analog to digital meter integral to the tray body;
- a left sensor circuit wire connected to the analog to digital meter and traversing from the analog to digital meter down a left side of the tray body;
- a right sensor circuit wire connected to the analog to digital meter and traversing from the analog to digital meter down a right side of the tray body;
- a middle sensor circuit wire connected to the analog to digital meter and traversing from the analog to digital meter down a middle portion of the tray body;
- a first plurality of sensors embedded within the tray body along the left side of the tray body and connected to the left sensor circuit wire;
- a second plurality of sensors embedded within the tray body along the right side of the tray body and connected to the right sensor circuit wire;
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- a third plurality of sensors embedded within the tray body along the middle portion of the tray body and connected to the middle sensor circuit wire.
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A mandibular arch dental impression tray, comprising:
- a tray body;
- a tray handle attached to the tray body;
- an analog to digital meter integral to the tray body;
- a left sensor circuit wire connected to the analog to digital meter and traversing from the analog to digital meter down a left side of the tray body;
- a right sensor circuit wire connected to the analog to digital meter and traversing from the analog to digital meter down a right side of the tray body;
- a first plurality of sensors embedded within the tray body along the left side of the tray body and connected to the left sensor circuit wire;
- and
- a second plurality of sensors embedded within the tray body along the right side of the tray body and connected to the right sensor circuit wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.