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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Andreas M. Geldmacher, Dormagen, DE;
Korbinian Gerlach, Gauting, DE;
Johannes Fink, Bergheim, DE;
Stefan K. Welker, Geltendorf, DE;
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/067 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61C 19/004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02);
Abstract
A dental light irradiation device has sensing means for sensing a change of a position of the device, and an indicator for physically indicating the position change. The invention helps controlling the positioning of the device during use.