Optical fiber for use with dental laser
US5169318A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K2103/30
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A thermoplastic optical fiber for use in treatments requiring filling of openings, recesses, passages, or crevices in mineralized physiologic tissue, the fiber having at least a portion composed of at least one ingredient which is capable of being placed in a flowable state when heated by application of selected laser radiation, is physiologically compatible with the mineralized physiologic tissue and bonds with the mineralized tissue.
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