Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dental therapy apparatus
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Application No.: US14110837Application Date: 2012-05-17
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Publication No.: US10166086B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Kunio Awazu , Katsunori Ishii , Naota Akikusa , Tadataka Edamura , Hirofumi Kan
- Applicant: Kunio Awazu , Katsunori Ishii , Naota Akikusa , Tadataka Edamura , Hirofumi Kan
- Applicant Address: JP Suita-shi, Osaka JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY,HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY,HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Suita-shi, Osaka JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JP2011-123662 20110601
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/062653 WO 20120517
- International Announcement: WO2012/165162 WO 20121206
- Main IPC: A61C1/00
- IPC: A61C1/00 ; A61C3/02

Abstract:
A dental therapy apparatus which enables a dental therapy more surely and less invasively is provided. A dental therapy apparatus (10A) comprises a laser light source (11) emitting laser light (L) having a wavelength within a wavelength region of 5.7 to 6.6 μm; a controller (12) pulse-driving the laser light source and controlling at least one of pulse width and repetition frequency of pulsed laser light emitted from the laser light source; and an irradiation optical system for irradiating a tooth (20) including a carious part (21) with the light emitted from the laser light source. In this dental therapy apparatus, the controller controls at least one of the pulse width and repetition frequency of the pulsed light, so as to selectively cut the carious part (21).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140030671A1 DENTAL THERAPY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
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