Multi-configurable dental radiograph sensor holder system
OwnerShayda Culleninventor
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Abstract
A multi-configurable dental radiograph sensor holder system includes a handle having a long portion and a short portion at right angle to each other. An aiming ring is coupled to the long portion and a sensor holder is coupled to the short portion by a sensor positioning ring that is coupled to the short portion of the handle through a hinge linkage. The hinge linkage is articulable in the plane of the aiming ring and allows the sensor to be moved into different positions relative to the aiming ring in order to collect anterior, posterior, and bite wing views of a patient's dentition.
Claims14
A multi-configurable dental radiograph sensor holder system, comprising:
- a handle having a long portion and a short portion;
- an aiming ring mounted to the long portion of the handle and defining an aiming ring plane;
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- a hinge linkage coupled to the short portion that is articulable in a hinge plane that is parallel to the aiming ring plane, the hinge linkage including an intermediate portion that is hingeably coupled to the short portion of the handle, and a first hinge pin disposed between a distal end of the short portion of the handle and a first end of the intermediate portion, wherein both the distal end of the short portion of the handle and the first end of the intermediate portion are coupled to the first hinge pin.
A multi-configurable dental radiograph sensor holder system, comprising:
- a handle having a long portion and a short portion;
- an aiming ring mounted to the long portion of the handle and defining an aiming ring plane;
- a hinge linkage coupled, at a first hinge point, to the short portion of the handle;
- a positioning ring coupled to the hinge linkage at a second hinge point;
- a sensor holder rotatably coupled to the positioning ring, wherein the sensor holder is rotatable about the coupling to the positioning ring in a plane that is parallel to the aiming ring plane;
- wherein the sensor holder, positioning ring, and the hinge linkage can be configured into an anterior view configuration, a posterior view configuration, and a bite wing view configuration without removing the sensor holder or positioning ring, wherein the positioning ring includes a circular opening, and the sensor holder includes a cylindrical portion sized to fit into the circular opening of the positioning ring;
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- a convex detent feature provided on an inner wall of a circular body of the positioning ring through which the circular opening passes such that the convex detent feature extends into the circular opening, and wherein the cylindrical portion of the sensor holder includes three concave detent features on a sidewall of the cylindrical portion, and wherein when the sensor holder is rotated to a position where the convex detent feature meets one of the concave detent features, a mechanical interference between the convex detent feature and the concave detent feature creates resistance to rotation of the sensor holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.