AU2001281074A1 - Apparatus and method for curing materials with light radiation - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for curing materials with light radiation

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AU2001281074A1
AU2001281074A1 AU2001281074A AU8107401A AU2001281074A1 AU 2001281074 A1 AU2001281074 A1 AU 2001281074A1 AU 2001281074 A AU2001281074 A AU 2001281074A AU 8107401 A AU8107401 A AU 8107401A AU 2001281074 A1 AU2001281074 A1 AU 2001281074A1
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light radiation
curing materials
curing
materials
radiation
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Raymond L. Knox
Joseph N. Logan
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Kerr Corp
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Kerr Corp
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Priority claimed from US09/632,260 external-priority patent/US6692251B1/en
Application filed by Kerr Corp filed Critical Kerr Corp
Publication of AU2001281074A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001281074A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
    • A61C1/08—Machine parts specially adapted for dentistry
    • A61C1/16—Protecting caps for hand-pieces or angle-pieces
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C19/00—Dental auxiliary appliances
    • A61C19/003—Apparatus for curing resins by radiation
    • A61C19/004—Hand-held apparatus, e.g. guns
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
    • A61N2005/065—Light sources therefor
    • A61N2005/0651—Diodes
    • A61N2005/0652—Arrays of diodes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V29/00—Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • F21V29/50—Cooling arrangements
    • F21V29/70—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Dentistry (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Dental Tools And Instruments Or Auxiliary Dental Instruments (AREA)
  • Heating, Cooling, Or Curing Plastics Or The Like In General (AREA)
  • Led Device Packages (AREA)
AU2001281074A 2000-08-04 2001-08-02 Apparatus and method for curing materials with light radiation Abandoned AU2001281074A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/632,260 US6692251B1 (en) 1998-01-20 2000-08-04 Apparatus and method for curing materials with light radiation
US09/632,260 2000-08-04
PCT/US2001/024517 WO2002011640A2 (en) 2000-08-04 2001-08-02 Apparatus and method for curing materials with light radiation

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AU2001281074A1 true AU2001281074A1 (en) 2002-02-18

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EP (3) EP2258308A3 (de)
JP (2) JP4880180B2 (de)
CN (1) CN1461205A (de)
AU (1) AU2001281074A1 (de)
BR (1) BR0112973A (de)
DE (1) DE60130995T3 (de)
MX (1) MXPA03001091A (de)
WO (1) WO2002011640A2 (de)

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EP1891909B1 (de) 2017-04-19
DE60130995D1 (de) 2007-11-29
EP1304977B2 (de) 2012-09-12
EP1891909A3 (de) 2009-01-14
EP1891909A2 (de) 2008-02-27
DE60130995T3 (de) 2012-12-20
JP2004505665A (ja) 2004-02-26
WO2002011640A3 (en) 2002-05-02
WO2002011640A2 (en) 2002-02-14
EP2258308A3 (de) 2012-11-28
MXPA03001091A (es) 2003-10-15
JP2011235132A (ja) 2011-11-24
WO2002011640B1 (en) 2002-08-01
EP2258308A2 (de) 2010-12-08
DE60130995T2 (de) 2008-07-17
EP1304977B1 (de) 2007-10-17
JP4880180B2 (ja) 2012-02-22
EP1304977A2 (de) 2003-05-02
CN1461205A (zh) 2003-12-10
JP5619689B2 (ja) 2014-11-05

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