Dental camera with mouthpiece
US6964567B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B1/0607
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dental camera and a mouthpiece attachment thereon. The camera has a light source and a light receiving element configured for receiving reflected light and producing an image based on the received light. The mouthpiece is mountable to the housing of the camera and is configured for contacting a patient's mouth for positioning the camera with respect to at least a portion of the mouth. The mouthpiece has a light channel associated with the light source for permitting the emitted light to reflect off a tooth in a patient's mouth and permitting the reflected light to travel into the receiving element. A wing extends radially from the light channel and is configured and dimensioned for placement between a lip and teeth of a patient for substantially blocking light from entering the light channel from outside the wing. A display on the housing is associated with the receiving element for displaying the image. A sound receiving element on the housing allows a dentist to record voice comments and store these in connection with the images.
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