# US 9,872,747 B2 · Woven fiber optics dental post > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,872,747 B2 - Document ID: US9872747B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/703,844 - Filed: 2015-05-04 - Published: 2016-11-10 - Granted: 2018-01-23 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-04 - Assignees: Ilumi Sciences Inc.; Luke Lu - Applicants: ILUMI Sciences Inc.; Luke Lu - Inventors: Luke Lu; Kuan-Yu Lu; Toshihiro Tokizawa; I-Ching Lu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9872747B2 ## CPC - A61C 13/30: Fastening of peg-teeth in the mouth - A61C 19/003: {Apparatus for curing resins by radiation} - A61C: DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; {tongue scrapers A61B17/24;} preparations for dentistry A61K6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K8/00, A61Q11/00) ## Abstract A woven fiber optics dental post includes a post body and a woven fiber component. The post body includes a post face, an irradiation receiving portion, and a bottom. The woven fiber component is provided within the post body. The woven fiber component is formed by intertwining a plurality of fiber optics members. A light receiving end portion and a light emitting end portion are respectively composed of a plurality of light receiving ends and light emitting ends of the fiber optics members. The light receiving end portion is appeared on the irradiation receiving portion of the post body for having the woven fiber component receiving a light irradiated at the irradiation receiving portion, and the light emitting end portion is appeared on the post face and/or the bottom of the post body for having the light received by the woven fiber component transmitting to the light emitting end portion to be emitted out of the post face and/or the bottom. Thereby the structure strength and the intensity and the uniformity of the light emitted from the woven fiber optics dental post can be enhanced. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A woven fiber optics dental post, comprising: a post body made of resin material, the post body including a post face, an irradiation receiving portion, and a bottom; and a woven fiber component provided within the post body, the woven fiber component being formed by intertwining a plurality of fiber optics members, each fiber optics member having a light receiving end and a light emitting end, a light receiving end portion is composed of the light receiving ends of a plurality of the fiber optics members, a light emitting end portion is composed of the light emitting ends of a plurality of the fiber optics members, wherein the light receiving end portion is appeared on the irradiation receiving portion of the post body for having the woven fiber component receiving a light irradiated at the irradiation receiving portion, and the light emitting end portion is appeared on the post face and/or the bottom of the post body for having the light received by the woven fiber component transmitting to the light emitting end portion to be emitted out of the post face and/or the bottom; wherein the woven fiber component comprises a center fiber shaft, which comprises at least one of the plurality of fiber optics members and is provided straightly through the woven fiber component, and a plurality of braided fiber shafts, which each comprises at least one of the plurality of fiber optics members and are interlaced-knitted around the center fiber shaft, such that the center fiber shaft and the plurality of braided fiber shafts are respectively oriented at angular positions to show a pattern that two braided fiber shafts are arranged in an X-shape that crisscrosses the center fiber shaft; wherein each of the plurality of fiber optics members comprises a shell layer and a core layer, wherein the shell layer encloses a circumferential surface of the core layer and has a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the core layer; wherein the fiber optics members are made of a material with X-ray opacity such that the woven fiber optics dental post is observable with X-ray scanning; and wherein at least one of the plurality of fiber optics members has an end that forms an oblique angle for varying a light scattering angle of a light beam emitting from the end. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a bulge ring member bulged from the post body along the radial direction of the post body, and the bulge ring member being made of resin material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 2, wherein the woven fiber component is further provided within the bulge ring member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bulge ring member encloses the post body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the shell layer is lower than the thermal coefficient of thermal expansion of the core layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 1, wherein refractive index of the shell layer is lower than the refractive index of the core layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shell layer and the core layer are made of glass. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The woven fiber optics dental post as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shell layer and the core layer are fused into a single fiber.