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US 12,516,884 B2Granted
Oven for heating a dental object
AssigneeIvoclar Vivadent AG
InventorsChristian Ritzberger, Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Niedrig
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Abstract
An oven (100) for heating a dental object (101), having a chamber (103) for receiving the dental object (101); a radiation source (105) for emitting radiation having a wavelength smaller than 350 nm into the chamber (103); and heating means (113) for heating the dental object (101) in the chamber (103).
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An oven (100) for heating a dental object (101), comprising:
- a chamber (103) for receiving the dental object (101);
- a radiation source (105) for emitting radiation having a wavelength smaller than 350 nm into the chamber (103);
- a heating source (113) separate from the radiation source (105) for heating the dental object (101) in the chamber (103);
- a controller (119) for controlling the radiation source (105) and the heating source (113);
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- an electronic camera (125) for detecting a color value of the dental object (101);
- wherein the controller (119) is configured to activate the radiation source (105) and the heating source (113) simultaneously or with a time delay between first activating the radiation source (105) followed by activating the heating source (113).
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A method of heating a dental object (101), comprising the steps in the following order:
- receiving (S101) the dental object (101) in a chamber (103);
- emitting (S102) radiation having a wavelength smaller than 350 nm into the chamber (103) through a radiation source (105);
- heating (S103) the dental object (101) in the chamber (103) by a heating source (113);
- and
- detecting a color value of the dental object (101) using an electronic camera (125).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.