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Dental photopolymerization device

US5198678A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 4, 1991
Grant dateMar 30, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C19/004
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Polymerization devices having an irradiation space in an irradiation chamber, the space being accessible via at least one pivotable or displaceable wall, and having a light conductor and a radiation source unit, wherein the light conductor feeds the radiation from the radiation source into the irradiation space of the irradiation chamber and forms a releasable connection between the irradiation chamber and the radiation source unit, are known. To create a polymerization device that makes it possible to operate an irradiation chamber for curing plastic dental parts by means of a hand-held polymerization unit, with the capability of easy conversion from a hand-held polymerization unit to a stationary polymerization device, the radiation source unit is a hand-held polymerization unit, which is retained by its housing part on a first support, disposed on a support plate of a support frame; the light conductor is guided in a second support of the support plate; and the irradiation chamber is supported on a part of the support frame.

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