US 12,350,014 B2
Dental caries diagnostic device
Sang Won Yun, Gwangmyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAEUM MEDITEC CO., LTD., Bucheon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/781,274
Filed by SAEUM MEDITEC CO., LTD., Bucheon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/018154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/282409, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0088513 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0180427 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0088 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical dental caries diagnostic device comprising:
a body unit;
a light-emitting member located in front of the body unit in one direction along a longitudinal direction, the light-emitting member being configured to radiate visible light; and
a power supply unit electrically connected to the light-emitting member, the power supply unit extending through the body unit and then being exposed at a rear of the body unit,
wherein a filter unit detachably coupled to the light-emitting member is provided in front of the light-emitting member in the one direction, and
wherein the body unit comprises:
a first body having a first sealed surface provided at an end of a first side of the first body, the first body having a hollow cylindrical shape;
a second body having a smaller inner diameter than an inner diameter of the first body, the second body being formed in a cylindrical shape having two open opposite ends and an empty interior;
a cylindrical connection member having an outer side surface disposed in contact with an inner side surface of a second side of the first body and an inner side surface located at an outer side surface of the second body; and
a control member located in an inner space of the first side of the first body, the control member being configured to control turning of the light-emitting member.