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US 6,714,657 B1Granted
Apparatus for holding optical instruments in a reproducible position with respect to teeth
AssigneeElectro-Optical Sciences, Inc.
InventorsAdam Jacobs, Tomasz Momot
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Abstract
An apparatus for holding an optical system in a reproducible position with respect to a tooth in a mouth is presented. The apparatus has a body with a light source attached to a prong by a spring, and the prong contacts the proximal surface of the tooth.
Claims17
An apparatus, comprising;
- a body,
- illumination means connected with the body for illuminating a surface of a tooth in a mouth;
- and
- first prong means for contacting a proximal surface of the tooth, the first prong means connected to the body with a first spring means, wherein the first prong means and the body cooperate to hold the illumination means in a repeatable location with respsect to the surface of the tooth when the illumination means and the prong means are withdrawn and relocate to illuminate the tooth.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a body;
- illumination means connected with the body for illuminating a surface of a tooth in a mouth;
- a first and a second prong means for contacting the tooth, the prong means connected to the body with a spring means, the prong means for contacting the proximal surfaces of the tooth, wherein the first prong means and the body cooperate to hold the illumination means in a repeatable location with respect to the surface of the tooth when the illumination means and the prong means are withdrawn and relocated to illuminate ate the tooth,
- means for imaging the tooth connected with the body;
- a handle rotatably connected with the body for removably connecting the body to a handpiece,
- wherein the handpiece conducts light from an illumination source to illuminate the tooth, and
- wherein the handpiece conducts light from the tooth to form an image of the tooth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.