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US 2001/0019446 A1Published application
Light wave conversion arrangement and method for making same for dental procedures
AssigneeESPE Dental AG
InventorMartin Hartung
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Abstract
The invention relates to a light wave converter assembly, comprising a light guide and a light wave converter, comprising a converter substance, which converts a part of the incident light into light of a longer wavelength, whereby the converted light is guided together with the unconverted light through the light guide to an exit port.
Claims34
Light wave converter assembly comprising:
- a light guide, and
- a light wave converter
- wherein the light wave converter exhibits a converter substance operable to convert a part of incident light into light of a longer wavelength, whereby the converted light is guided together with a portion of the unconverted light to an exit port;
- and the light, converted by the converter substance, together with the unconverted light yields a light with the wavelength spectrum of the color white.
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Process, comprising the steps:
- a) provision of a light wave converter assembly, comprising a light guide and a light wave converter, wherein the light wave converter exhibits a converter substance, which in use converts a part of incident light into light of a longer wavelength, and wherein the converted light is guided together with a portion of the unconverted light to an exit port, and b) connection of the light wave converter to a polymerization device, c) illumination and/or transillumination of hard tooth substance with light which is generated by the polymerization device and was converted by the light wave converter.
A photopolymerization system for use in dental procedures, comprising a light were converter assembly with a light guide and a light wave converter,
- wherein the light wave converter exhibits a converter substance operable to convert a part of incident light into light of a longer wavelength, whereby the converted light is guided together with a portion of the unconverted light to an exit port;
- and the light, converted by the converter substance, together with the unconverted light yields a light with the wavelength spectrum of the color white.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.