Patents Assigned to Nova Ranger, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6976841
    Abstract: An intra-oral dental irradiation device for use in dental procedures for whitening teeth, imaging teeth, and making impressions of tooth structures of a patient. The device features one or a plurality of LED devices mounted to an arched shaped structure which project light upon or through teeth. In the whitening mode the light of the proper spectrum to activate enamel whitening material is projected. In the imaging mode light projected by the LED devices is received by a charged coupled device which communicates the image of the light passing through the teeth from the LED devices, to a computer. In making dental impressions, the device projects light in a spectrum that provides the catalyst to material that hardens when exposed to that spectrum thereby hardening dental impression material when inserted over the teeth of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Nova Ranger, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Martin Osterwalder