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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Discus Dental, Llc, Culver City, CA (US);
Eric P. Rose, Tarzana, CA (US);
Robert Hayman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stuart Karten, Venice, CA (US);
Dennis Schroeder, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Steve Piorek, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Douglas H. Grambush, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Marc Orloff, Altadena, CA (US);
Nancy N. Quan, North Hills, CA (US);
Younes Shabany, San Jose, CA (US);
William Dorfman, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Kenneth Rosenblood, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dac Vu, Tustin, CA (US);
Curt Kenneth Deckert, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Brian Kennedy, Claremeont, CA (US);
Christopher N. Quan, Houston, TX (US);
Discus Dental, LLC, Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
A dental illumination apparatus includes a lamp system mounted on a support structure. The lamp system includes a light source. A control system is provided for controlling the activation of the lamp system. A light guide shields soft tissues local to teeth of a subject from effects of ultraviolet radiation. The light guide includes a lamp attachment formation coupled to the lamp system, and a recording device in communication with the control system, the recording device including memory which stores the amount of time that the light source has been on since the beginning of a treatment procedure. A lip retractor, coupled to the light guide, is adapted to receive the lips of a patient.