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US 4,537,573 AGranted
Detector for diagnosing dental caries
AssigneeNoburu Onuki
InventorImao Sunada
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Abstract
A detector for diagnosing dental caries comprising a casing capable of being grasped with one hand and housed therein a reference voltage adjusting circuit, low frequency oscillating circuit, and an amplifying circuit and voltage comparing circuit, with a tooth electrode attached to the casing, and a power switch and a plurality of indicating lamps provided on the casing, in order to improve the operation of such detectors and to enable more accurate diagnosis.
Claims4
A detector for diagnosing dental caries comprising:
- a casing having thereon a plurality of indicating lamps, said casing being shaped so as to be easily grasped with one hand;
- a tooth electrode attached to an end portion of said casing;
- a second electrode;
- a measuring circuit means within said casing and connected to said indicating lamps, tooth electrode, and second electrode, for determining said measuring the presence and progress of dental caries and indicating such progress in cooperation with said indicating lamps;
- an adjusting means, provided on said casing and connected to said measuring circuit means, for setting a reference voltage for calibrating said measuring circuit means;
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- a tooth pattern indicia provided on said casing and associated with said indicating lamps to enable one to visually observe the progress of dental caries.
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