US 12,263,055 B2
Dental curing light having a thermally conductive body that acts as a heat sink
Dee Jessop, West Jordan, UT (US); Jared Wayne Sheetz, Orem, UT (US); and Neil Thomas Jessop, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,536.
Application 17/693,536 is a continuation of application No. 16/861,440, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,273,021.
Application 16/861,440 is a continuation of application No. 13/133,129, granted, now 10,646,315, issued on May 12, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2009/069738, filed on Dec. 29, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/174,873, filed on May 1, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/174,843, filed on May 1, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/141,482, filed on Dec. 30, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202547 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 19/003 (2013.01) [A61C 19/004 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental curing light device comprising:
an elongated body formed of a single piece of thermally conductive material that provides a proximal end and a distal end of the elongated body, the elongated body including:
a head portion at the distal end of the elongated body,
a handle portion extending to the proximal end of the elongated body and that is sized and configured for a dental practitioner to hold and manipulate with the hand, and
a cavity in the elongated body,
an LED assembly thermally coupled to the head portion, the LED assembly including one or more LED dies; and
an electronics assembly at least partially disposed within the cavity in the elongated body.