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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Ivoclar Vivadent Ag, Schaan, LI;
Markus Pauler, Feldkirch, AT;
Alexander Kögel, Feldkirch, AT;
Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Schaan, LI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a light curing appliance, in particular a dental light curing appliance (), with a light source and with a light emission element such as an optical waveguide (), of which the light output end is intended in particular to be directed towards a material that is to be polymerized. It is provided with one or more control devices () for switching on the light source during a polymerization cycle, and with one or more sensors () or sensor combinations connected to the control devices (). The sensor () is designed as a location sensor and/or as a motion sensor () which detects a movement of the light curing appliance (), designed as a hand-held appliance, and sends signals reproducing the motion to the control devices ().