Extra-oral image taking device
AssigneeDental Monitoring
InventorsThomas PELLISSARD, Cédric LANÇON, Louis-Charles ROISIN
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Abstract
Disclosed is an extra-oral image taking device comprising:—a support having a hollow support portion,—a mouthpiece borne by the hollow support portion, the mouthpiece defining a mouthpiece opening, the area of the surface covered by the mouthpiece opening being greater than 2 cm2,—an image acquisition apparatus for taking images through the mouthpiece opening, the hollow support portion delimiting an image taking chamber, the image acquisition apparatus being at least partially, preferably entirely, accommodated in the image taking chamber.
Claims16
A device for extra-oral image taking, comprising
- a support comprising a hollow support portion,
- a mouthpiece carried by the hollow support portion, the mouthpiece defining a mouthpiece opening, the surface area covered by the mouthpiece opening being greater than 2 cm2,
- an image acquisition apparatus for taking images through the mouthpiece opening, the hollow support portion delimiting an image taking chamber, the image acquisition apparatus being at least partially, preferably entirely, housed in the image taking chamber,
- the support further comprising a grippable support portion which is mounted on the hollow support portion, the hollow support portion being removably secured to the grippable support portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.