US 12,011,335 B2
Light curing dental system
Paul Pierson, Camden, DE (US); Naim Karazivan, Repentigny (CA); Christos Angeletakis, Bear, DE (US); Thomas Ruth, South Easton, MA (US); William Kane, Sutton, MA (US); Joseph Gordon, Mansfield, MA (US); Luke Hagan, Seattle, WA (US); David Copeland, Minnetonka, MN (US); Andrew Burke, Saunderstown, RI (US); Dustin Gaidos, Milton, MA (US); Leonid Silverman, Cranston, RI (US); and Kenneth Focht, Needham, MA (US)
Assigned to DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., York, PA (US)
Filed by DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/879,666.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/450,211, filed on Jan. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0206956 A1, Jul. 26, 2018
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/02 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 13/15 (2006.01); A61C 19/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61C 1/08 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 9/0006 (2013.01) [A61C 7/023 (2013.01); A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 9/0013 (2013.01); A61C 19/003 (2013.01); A61C 19/004 (2013.01); A61C 19/066 (2013.01); A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61C 1/088 (2013.01); A61C 13/0027 (2013.01); A61C 19/06 (2013.01); A61C 19/063 (2013.01); A61C 2204/002 (2013.01); A61N 5/0613 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0653 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental tray system comprising:
a dental tray having a body having at least one channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental material and a light conductor, and
a light engine having at least one battery or is connectable to an electrical power source and at least one light source,
wherein the light source is capable of connecting to the dental tray such that the light source is optically coupled to the light conductor,
wherein said light conductor extends along said body of the dental tray and is oriented toward the internal and external portion of a dental arch to allow for adequate curing of the dental material in the body and the dental material that overflows outside the body,
wherein the light conductor is a light pipe,
wherein the body has an upper portion and a lower portion, and the light pipe is sandwiched between the upper portion and lower portion, and
wherein the upper portion and lower portion are integrally connected to each other such that the upper portion and lower portion will not separate, and
wherein the upper portion includes mechanical retaining features at a bottom of the upper portion that in combination with walls of the dental tray are capable of retaining a majority of the photocurable dental material within the dental tray.