Patent · US Expired

Sensor that can be placed intraorally in the mouth of a patient for the production of tooth/jaw exposures of a patient

US6169781A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Sirona Dental Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Doebert · Lorsch, DE
Tilman Phleps · Lorsch, DE
Uwe Zeller · Biberach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1998
Grant date	Jan 2, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/512
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor that can be placed intraorally in the mouth of a patient for the production of tooth/jaw exposures of a patient has a narrow housing, approximately rectangular in a top view, for an image detector and a control circuit board to which lines are connected, which can be connected, with a free end, with an image processing unit via a connecting cable exiting from the housing at the back wall of the housing. At least one narrow side of the housing has a rounded shape that is adapted to the anatomical characteristics of the upper jaw of an average patient.

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