US 11,684,268 B2
Detection device
Adam Christie, Edinburgh Lothian (GB)
Assigned to Calcivis Limited, Edinburg Lothian (GB)
Appl. No. 16/505,138
Filed by CALCIVIS LIMITED, Edinburgh Lothian (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/050054
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 8, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/127717, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1700317 (GB), filed on Jan. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0093371 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0088 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/4547 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0285 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0443 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detection device for active dental caries and/or tooth erosion, comprising a light detection means, fluid dispensing means, and an atomiser, wherein the fluid dispensing means and atomiser are in fluid communication such that a fluid contained within the fluid dispensing means is dispensed through the atomiser onto a surface of interest,
wherein the detection device further comprises a body portion, comprising a proximal end and a distal end and an applicator portion, wherein the applicator portion is reversibly removable and couples to the distal end of the body portion, wherein the reversibly removable applicator portion comprises the atomiser, wherein the atomiser has a plurality of fluid atomiser channels in fluid communication with a plurality of fluid outlets, wherein each of the plurality of fluid atomiser channels has a first diameter and a second diameter, wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter such that the plurality of fluid outlets are adapted to provide a substantially equal flow of fluid therefrom, wherein the atomiser comprises a light shield or skirt, wherein the light shield or skirt defines a cavity, and wherein at least one fluid outlet opens into a cavity defined by the interior of the light shield or skirt.