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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Kavo Dental Technologies, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Gordon Knight, London, CA;
Honson Ka-Ho Lam, Scarborough, CA;
Robert Thomas St. Louis, Charlotte, NC (US);
Nabil F. Dagher, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Harold Thomas Lockamy, Monroe, NC (US);
Assignee:
KAVO DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/32 (2006.01); A61C 19/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); A61G 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/32 (2013.01); A61C 19/002 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61G 15/14 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3222 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01); C02F 2303/24 (2013.01); C02F 2307/10 (2013.01); E03C 1/0404 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disinfecting device including a conduit configured to carry a flowing liquid. The conduit has a first index of refraction. A sheath surrounds the conduit and has a second index of refraction. The second index of refraction is lower than the first index of refraction. The disinfecting device also includes a light source configured to produce disinfecting light and arranged to send the disinfecting light into the conduit.