KR200485948Y1

KR200485948Y1 - Multi-function light curing shield

Info

Publication number: KR200485948Y1
Application number: KR2020170002866U
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김종남
Original assignee: 주식회사 맥스덴탈
Priority date: 2017-06-08
Filing date: 2017-06-08
Publication date: 2018-03-15

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multifunctional optical shield, and more particularly, to a multifunctional optical shield which comprises: a shield body having a handle formed in an area where a mouth is blocked by a filter for blocking blue light; And a plurality of lenses provided on the shield body and having a magnification that allows magnification of the teeth to be observed with a filter that blocks blue light.

Description

MULTI-FUNCTION LIGHT CURING SHIELD

The present invention relates to a multifunctional optical shield, and more particularly, to a multifunctional optical shield in which various filters for observing a tooth are combined in a lens shape having a magnification.

A photopolymerizable composition which is cured by light at the time of dental treatment is widely used. To cure such a photopolymerizable composition, a blue light is irradiated to the teeth using a photopolymerizer.

When the operator looks at the patient's tooth for a long time, the wearer's eyes are fatigued, and repeated exposure may cause serious eye damage such as cataracts.

When using a light curing unit, an optical shield having a filter for blocking blue light is used to block blue light directly from the operator's eyes.

An example of an optical shield is disclosed in US Pat. No. 5,228,231 to LIGHT SHIELD FOR DENTAL APPARATUS.

In order to check whether a patient has dental caries, plaque, or oral cancer at the time of a dental treatment, the operator may illuminate the light of the appropriate wavelength band and see the region of the light of the corresponding wavelength band A filter is required. As a result, the dental office has to purchase and maintain various kinds of illumination and filters separately or separately, which increases the management cost and necessitates replacement of various lenses, filters, or respective equipments at the time of the procedure.

An object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional optical shield capable of observing a patient's teeth at a high magnification by integrally combining a lens having a magnification with a filter inserted in an optical shield.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional optical shield which can be selectively combined with a lens in which various kinds of filters are inserted.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional optical shield capable of observing dental caries using a light curing machine used for photopolymerization.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art.

The object of the present invention described above can be achieved by a multifunctional optical shield. The multifunctional optical shield of the present invention comprises: a shield body having a handle formed in an area where the mouth is covered with a filter for blocking blue light; And a plurality of lenses provided on the shield body and having a magnification that allows magnification of the teeth to be observed with a filter that blocks blue light.

According to an embodiment, the plurality of lenses may be formed of convex lenses having different magnifications from each other.

According to an embodiment, the plurality of lenses may be an enlarged lens integrally formed with the shield body by injection molding, or one of the plurality of lenses may be an enlarged lens fixedly coupled to the shield body, And can be detachably coupled to the shield body.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the lens detachably coupled to the shield body includes a magnifying lens having a magnification factor by a blue light filter, a lens having a magnification factor for identifying a mouth cancer, and a filter capable of observing a plaque of a tooth, / RTI > lens.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a protective jaw may be provided at a border area of the shield body so as to protrude to a thickness greater than the thickness of the plurality of lenses to prevent the plurality of lenses from touching the floor.

The multifunctional optical shield according to the present invention is used for shielding light when shielding the light-cured composite material with shield body and different lenses, for discrimination of dental caries, for plaque detection of teeth, and for oral cancer discrimination Can be used.

Particularly, in addition to the function of the light blocking filter, the magnification can be enlarged so that the operator can more clearly and easily check the dental caries, plaque, and oral cancer.

In addition, since a single multifunctional optical shield can be used for various dental procedures, it is possible to reduce the cost of purchasing a dental equipment and to reduce an operator's operation flow.

1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a multifunctional optical shield according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional structure taken along line AA of FIG. 1,
3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a multifunctional optical shield according to another embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a dental procedure using the multifunctional optical shield of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the elements in the drawings can be exaggeratedly expressed to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that in the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a multifunctional optical shield 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional configuration taken along line A-A of FIG.

The multifunctional optical shield 100 according to the present invention includes a shield body 110 and a first lens 120 and a second lens 130 provided in the shield body 110.

The shield body 110 is formed of an orange acrylic material and is formed of a filter that blocks blue light generated from the light curing unit 200 (see FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 4, the shield body 110 is provided in a plate-like shape having an area covering the entire oral cavity of the patient.

The shield body 110 is formed with a first lens coupling hole 111 to which the first lens 120 is coupled and a second lens coupling hole 113 to which the second lens 130 is coupled, (117) is extended. The first lens coupling hole 111 and the second lens coupling hole 113 may be formed to have different sizes as shown or may be formed to have the same size as the case may be.

2, the protection jaw 115 is formed at an edge of the shield main body 110 and has a height higher than that of the other areas. The protective jaw 115 prevents the first lens 120 and the second lens 130, which are formed in a convex lens shape, from directly contacting the floor to contaminate or damage the surface. The height d2 of the protection chin 115 is formed to be higher than the height d1 of the first lens 120 or the second lens 130 so that when the optical shield 100 is placed on the floor, The first lens 120 and the second lens 130 are spaced apart from the ground by a predetermined height.

The handle 117 is formed for the operator to hold the light shield 100 by hand when the light curing unit 200 is irradiated to the patient's teeth. The handle 117 is formed to have a length that the practitioner can easily hold by hand.

At the end of the handle 117, a locking hole 117a is formed. The latching hole 117a makes it easy to hold the multifunctional optical shield 100 on a ring or the like in a dental clinic.

The first lens 120 and the second lens 130 are provided in the first lens coupling hole 111 and the second lens coupling hole 113. The first lens 120 and the second lens 130 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention are formed of a blue light filter together with the shield body 110. However, the first lens 120 and the second lens 130 are formed in a convex lens shape to have a magnification. Accordingly, when the teeth are seen by the first lens 120 or the second lens 130, the teeth can be enlarged and can be seen clearly.

The first lens 120 and the second lens 130 are formed of convex lenses having different magnifications. That is, the second lens 130 is formed of a convex lens having a higher magnification than the first lens 120. Accordingly, the practitioner may use the shield body 110 or the first lens 120 or the second lens 130 for blocking the blue light in the photopolymerization process using the light curing unit 200.

Since the blue light can be used to discriminate the dental caries, the teeth are enlarged and observed through the first lens 120 or the second lens 130 after irradiating the blue light with the light curing unit 200, Can be distinguished clearly.

The first lens 120 and the second lens 130 may be integrally manufactured by injection molding together with the shield body 110. [ That is, the first lens 120 and the second lens 130 can be formed by injecting acrylic resin into the injection mold. At this time, in order to add an optical filter function, natural dyes such as orange can be applied to the surface or particles can be coated by dissolving the metal.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a multifunctional optical shield 100a according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the multifunctional optical shield 100 according to the preferred embodiment described above, the first lens 120 and the second lens 130 are integrally manufactured in the shield body 110. On the other hand, in the multifunctional optical shield 100a according to another embodiment, the first lens 120 is integrally manufactured, and different kinds of lenses 130, 130a, and 130b are selectively attached to and detached from the second lens combining hole 113 Lt; / RTI >

The second lens 130 is a lens having a magnification different from that of the first lens 120. The third lens 130a is a lens having magnification added to a filter for discriminating oral cancer. Is a lens whose magnification is added to the filter for discriminating the plaque.

The third lens 130a is formed of a convex lens to increase the magnification of the filter, which is capable of discriminating the oral cancer by confirming the site of fluorescence reaction in the light of the wavelength band for discriminating oral cancer. The fourth lens 130b is formed of a convex lens, which is capable of confirming a plaque by confirming a site where fluorescence reacts with light in a wavelength band for discriminating plaques, and the magnification is added.

An O-ring insertion groove 113a is formed at a certain depth on the inner wall surface of the second lens coupling hole 113. [ The user inserts the O-ring 131 into the O-ring insertion groove 113a and connects any one of the three types of three lenses 130, 130a, 130b in the O-ring 131 according to the purpose of use.

The use of the multifunctional optical shield 100 of the present invention having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG.

The practitioner uses a multifunctional optical shield (100) for the purpose of treating the patient's teeth. 4, when the photopolymerizable material is cured on the teeth of the patient A using the light curing machine 200, the shield body 110 is placed in front of the mouth M so that the blue light enters the eyes of the operator It blocks things. Thereby protecting the operator's eyes.

In order to discriminate the dental caries of the patient, the first lens 120 or the second lens 130 is disposed on the mouth M of the patient while irradiating the blue light through the light curing unit 200. The first lens 120 or the second lens 130 enlarges the teeth and the operator can easily determine whether or not the tooth surface is dirty or cracked.

3, the third lens 130a is inserted into the second lens coupling hole 113, and a lamp of a wavelength band at which the mouth cancer can be confirmed is irradiated to the oral cavity , The third lens 130a is placed in front of the oral cavity of the patient to determine whether there is a fluorescent-responsive portion in the lamp.

4, the fourth lens 130b is fitted to the second lens coupling hole 113, and a lamp of a wavelength band at which the plaque can be confirmed is irradiated to the oral cavity And the fourth lens 130b are placed in front of the oral cavity of the patient to judge whether or not there is a portion to undergo fluorescence reaction.

As described above, the multifunctional optical shield according to the present invention can be used for shielding light when shielding a light-cured material by using a shield body and different lenses, for discriminating whether a tooth is dental, for detecting a plaque of a tooth, Can be used in various ways.

The embodiments of the multifunctional optical shield of the present invention described above are merely illustrative and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. It will be possible. Therefore, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the form described in the foregoing description. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims. It is to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: Multifunctional optical shield 110: Shield body
111: first lens coupling hole 113: second lens coupling hole
113a: O-ring insertion groove 115: Protective chin
117: handle 117a: latching ball
120: first lens 130: second lens
130a: third lens 130b: fourth lens
131: O-ring 200: Light curing machine

Claims

A shield body formed of a filter for shielding blue light and having an area capable of covering the entire oral cavity;
And a plurality of lenses provided on the shield body and having a magnification capable of enlarging and observing the teeth with a filter for blocking blue light,
The shield body includes:
A plurality of lens coupling holes to which the lens is coupled, a handle extended at one end, and a protrusion formed to a thickness larger than the thickness of the plurality of lenses in the rim area to prevent the plurality of lenses from touching the floor A jaw is provided,
Wherein the plurality of lenses are provided as convex lenses having different magnifications from each other.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of lenses is an enlarged lens integrally formed with the shield body by injection molding.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein one of the plurality of lenses is an enlarged lens fixedly coupled to the shield body, and the other is detachably coupled to the shield body.

The method of claim 3,
The lens detachably coupled to the shield body may be any one of a magnifying lens having a magnification factor by a blue light filter, a lens having a magnification factor as a filter capable of identifying oral cancer, and a lens having a magnification factor as a filter capable of observing a plaque of a tooth Wherein the light shield is a multi-function optical shield.

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