Patents Assigned to Miltex, Inc.
  • Illuminated dental examination instrument
    Patent number: 7371066
    Abstract: An intraoral dental instrument includes an elongate handle or body and a mirror that is releasably attachable to a distal end thereof. An LED housing disposed in the handle proximate a light entrance surface of the mirror includes a housing body sized to retain at least one LED and a reflector attached to a distal end of the housing body. The reflector has an inwardly tapered cavity covering a LED lens envelope for focusing illumination from the at least one LED onto a portion of the light entrance surface of the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Miltex, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Tamburrino, Jack L. Connelly, Catherine R. Wojnowicz, Bruce H. Schwager, Dongmin Yang, Raymond A. Lia, Jeffrey J. Perkins, Roger W. Leseberg, Michael T. McMahon