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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Richard A. Tamburrino, Auburn, NY (US);
Jack L. Connelly, Camillus, NY (US);
Catherine R. Wojnowicz, Auburn, NY (US);
Bruce H. Schwager, Rochester, NY (US);
Dongmin Yang, Syracuse, NY (US);
Raymond A. Lia, Auburn, NY (US);
Jeffrey J. Perkins, Tully, NY (US);
Roger W. Leseberg, Syracuse, NY (US);
Michael T. Mcmahon, Syracuse, NY (US);
Richard A. Tamburrino, Auburn, NY (US);
Jack L. Connelly, Camillus, NY (US);
Catherine R. Wojnowicz, Auburn, NY (US);
Bruce H. Schwager, Rochester, NY (US);
Dongmin Yang, Syracuse, NY (US);
Raymond A. Lia, Auburn, NY (US);
Jeffrey J. Perkins, Tully, NY (US);
Roger W. Leseberg, Syracuse, NY (US);
Michael T. McMahon, Syracuse, NY (US);
Miltex, Inc., York, PA (US);
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.