Illuminated dental examination instrument

US7371066B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Miltex, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard A. Tamburrino · Auburn, US
• Jack Connelly · Camillus, US
• Catherine R. Wojnowicz · Auburn, US
• Bruce H. Schwager · Rochester, US
• Dongmin Yang · Skaneateles, US
• Raymond A. Lia · Skaneateles Falls, US
• Jeffrey Perkins · Tully, US
• Roger W. Leseberg · Syracuse, US
• Michael T. McMahon · Syracuse, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2004
• Grant date: May 13, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B1/0684
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An intraoral dental instrument includes an elongate handle or body and a mirror that is releasably attachable to a distal end thereof. An LED housing disposed in the handle proximate a light entrance surface of the mirror includes a housing body sized to retain at least one LED and a reflector attached to a distal end of the housing body. The reflector has an inwardly tapered cavity covering a LED lens envelope for focusing illumination from the at least one LED onto a portion of the light entrance surface of the mirror.