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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Applicants:
George K. Stookey, Carmel, IN (US);
Charles L. Thomeczek, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Jun GE, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
George K. Stookey, Carmel, IN (US);
Charles L. Thomeczek, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Jun Ge, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Therametric Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dental implement including a housing, a light source, and an air supply, the implement being suitable for examining tissue such as dentition of a patient and detecting loss of mineralization therein. The implement is capable of operating in a wireless mode. The implement is further able to communicate with a computing device to allow recording of images captured by the implement.