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US 5,702,250 AGranted
Compact dental impression tray for photocurable impression material
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorCary A. Kipke
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Abstract
A dental impression tray includes at least one array of solid state light emitters for curing photocurable impression material received in a channel of the tray. The tray includes a body presenting the channel, and a housing that is detachably connected to the body. The tray preferably includes a battery that extends along a buccolabial side of the tray body and as a result is received in the patient's oral cavity when an impression is taken.
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A dental impression tray comprising:
- a body having a channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental impression material, said body having a lingual side and a buccolabial side;
- at least one solid state light emitter coupled to said body for directing light into said channel;
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- at least one battery electrically connected to said at least one light emitter and coupled to said body, said at least one battery extending along at least one of said lingual side and said buccolabial side of said body.
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A dental impression tray comprising:
- a body having a channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental impression material, said body having a lingual side and a buccolabial side;
- a housing detachably connected to said body and extending along said lingual side and said buccolabial side of said body;
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- at least two arrays of solid state light emitters connected to said housing and including at least two distinct flat, emitter-supporting substrates, wherein at least one of said substrates extends along said lingual side of said body, and wherein at least one of said substrates extends along said buccolabial side of said body.
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A dental impression tray comprising:
- a body having an elongated channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental impression material, said body having a lingual side and a buccolabial side;
- a housing detachably connected to at least one of said lingual side and said buccolabial side of said body;
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- at least one solid state light emitter connected to said housing for directing light into said channel, wherein said housing is detachable from said body by sliding said housing relative to said body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.