WO2019135217A1 - Mirror assembly for use in dentistry - Google Patents
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- WO2019135217A1 WO2019135217A1 PCT/IL2019/050001 IL2019050001W WO2019135217A1 WO 2019135217 A1 WO2019135217 A1 WO 2019135217A1 IL 2019050001 W IL2019050001 W IL 2019050001W WO 2019135217 A1 WO2019135217 A1 WO 2019135217A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00147—Holding or positioning arrangements
- A61B1/0016—Holding or positioning arrangements using motor drive units
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00002—Operational features of endoscopes
- A61B1/00004—Operational features of endoscopes characterised by electronic signal processing
- A61B1/00006—Operational features of endoscopes characterised by electronic signal processing of control signals
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00002—Operational features of endoscopes
- A61B1/00039—Operational features of endoscopes provided with input arrangements for the user
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00002—Operational features of endoscopes
- A61B1/00039—Operational features of endoscopes provided with input arrangements for the user
- A61B1/00042—Operational features of endoscopes provided with input arrangements for the user for mechanical operation
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/06—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor with illuminating arrangements
- A61B1/0661—Endoscope light sources
- A61B1/0684—Endoscope light sources using light emitting diodes [LED]
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/24—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor for the mouth, i.e. stomatoscopes, e.g. with tongue depressors; Instruments for opening or keeping open the mouth
- A61B1/247—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor for the mouth, i.e. stomatoscopes, e.g. with tongue depressors; Instruments for opening or keeping open the mouth with means for viewing areas outside the direct line of sight, e.g. dentists' mirrors
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B2560/00—Constructional details of operational features of apparatus; Accessories for medical measuring apparatus
- A61B2560/04—Constructional details of apparatus
- A61B2560/0487—Special user inputs or interfaces
- A61B2560/0493—Special user inputs or interfaces controlled by voice
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- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G10L15/00—Speech recognition
- G10L15/26—Speech to text systems
Definitions
- the present invention relates to appliances useful in dentistry.
- the present application presents structurally and functionally leveraged mirror for ameliorating the effective functionality of a dentist's mirror during treatment of patients.
- Figure 1 is an isometric schematic general view of a mirror assembly of the invention, wherein the mirror is indirectly attached to the handle.
- Figure 2 is an isometric view of the mirror assembly, handle not shown.
- Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the flow of angular momentum in a device according to the invention.
- Figure 4 is an isometric schematic illustration of the gears facilitating the spinning of the mirror.
- Figure 4A is an isometric schematic illustration of the bevel gear and immediate mechanical parts, detailed window of fig. 4.
- FIG. 5 is a block scheme illustrating the functional connections between the components of the automatic mechanism for activating the spinning mechanism of the mirror (AMAM).
- Figure 6 is a sequence scheme illustrating the main modules through which audio signal undergoes to ultimately activate the motor driver.
- Figure 7 is a block scheme describing the alternative switching mechanisms and their respective connections with the spinning mechanism/mirror.
- Handle 22 is module which allows the practitioner to hold the system, manipulating it within the oral cavity. It typically harbors a battery and a rotating electric motor.
- On/off Switch 24 facilitates activation or deactivation of the motor inside the handle.
- Mirror 26 has a reflecting side 26A shown in the figure. Mirror 26 is encased within mirror housing 28. Gearbox 32 is shown adjacent mirror housing 28. A drive shaft subassembly 34 connects between gearbox 32 and handle, or functionally speaking, to the motor concealed within handle 22 More structural features and functional properties are explained with reference to Fig. 2.
- Mirror 26 has its reflective side 26A facing outwardly from housing 28.
- Gearbox 32 is located between mirror housing 28 and shaft subassembly 34.
- the shaft subassembly 34 includes shaft 54 sheathed by shaft cover 56. Shaft 54 is revocable around axis 62 in either spin direction as indicated by double headed arrow 64
- the power transfer system including gear
- spinning of the mirror which takes effect in order to clear it of humidity and/or debris, is brought about by the transfer of angular momentum flowing from a motor towards the mirror.
- the motor located in the handle, rotates a shaft 54, which passes on the angular momentum as can be seen in Fig. 3.
- Motor 60 transfers angular momentum to shaft 54, further transferring angular momentum to bevel gear 62.
- the angular momentum is further transferred to another gear which may be a rotation rate increasing gear 64.
- the gear 66 at base of the mirror receives the angular momentum for providing the desired power to spin the mirror.
- gears 64 and 66 are representative of several optional combinations of two to several more gears that can induce a desirable rotational velocity (spin) in the mirror.
- a preferred angular momentum train is shown in Fig. 4.
- Shaft 54 has a conical gear 70 at its terminus which interacts with gear 72 (mostly hidden in this figure) having a common axis 76 with gear 74.
- Gear 74 interacts with gear 78.
- Gear 78 interacts also with gear 66 which is attached to the axis 80 of mirror 26.
- Fig. 4A the bevel gear and surrounding components of the angular momentum train are shown in more detail.
- Shaft 54 revolves, transferring angular momentum to bevel gear 62, consisting of two conical gear wheels.
- Conical gear wheel 70 is engaged with conical gear wheel 72, while axis 76 transfers the angular momentum to gear 74.
- An alternative switching mechanism is an automatic one.
- Such an automatic mirror activation mechanism is an electro-optical module which includes a lighting element 82 (typically a LED, light emitting diode) located preferably on handle 22. The emitted light is propagated from the light source element to the reflective face 26A of the mirror.
- a photo detector 84 located possibly in the vicinity of the LED, such as on handle 22 aims at the reflective mirror 26A. Ideally, a certain portion of the light energy emanating from the LED is received by photo-detector 84.
- the processor 86 calculates the ratio, and if the proportion of received power relative to the power of the beam is too low, the processor would switch the mirror driver 88 to start spinning the mirror automatically.
- the light source of the AMAM such as lighting element 82 is an Infrared source, that is especially more sensitive to optical absorption by water relative to light in the visible wavelengths Audio switching
- a form of sound or word recognition module can be inserted in the dental mirror assembly to pick up and recognize words or utterances issued by the practitioner in order to switch on or off the spinning mechanism.
- the mechanism has to go through a training session.
- microphone 92 functionally connects to processor 86, after the signal has been digitized and prepared for acceptance by the processor. Once the signal has been analyzed and interpretation achieved, a positive outcome will activate the motor driver 88. The practitioner may decide to evoke the system by an utterance or a specific sound so that instances of false alarms are minimized.
- Such a module is typically harboured in the handle.
- the optional switching mechanisms 94 are shown as they refer to mirror spinning. Switching mechanisms are either manual switching 92, light reflection switching 96, utterance recognition switching 98 These are all mutually exclusively activated, effecting spinning mechanism 100 to subsequently spin mirror 102.
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Priority Applications (6)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| JP2020556366A JP2021509629A (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2019-01-01 | Mirror assembly for use in dentistry |
| CN201980009635.9A CN111989028A (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2019-01-01 | dental mirror components |
| EP19735735.3A EP3735167A4 (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2019-01-01 | Mirror assembly for use in dentistry |
| KR1020207020575A KR20200105674A (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2019-01-01 | Mirror assembly for use in the dental field |
| IL275772A IL275772A (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2020-06-30 | Mirror assembly for use in dentistry |
| US16/919,837 US20200337545A1 (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2020-07-02 | Mirror assembly for use in dentistry |
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| US201862612731P | 2018-01-02 | 2018-01-02 | |
| US62/612,731 | 2018-01-02 |
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| US16/919,837 Continuation-In-Part US20200337545A1 (en) | 2018-01-02 | 2020-07-02 | Mirror assembly for use in dentistry |
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| WO2019135217A1 true WO2019135217A1 (en) | 2019-07-11 |
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| US (1) | US20200337545A1 (en) |
| EP (1) | EP3735167A4 (en) |
| JP (1) | JP2021509629A (en) |
| KR (1) | KR20200105674A (en) |
| CN (1) | CN111989028A (en) |
| IL (1) | IL275772A (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2019135217A1 (en) |
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| US20230122799A1 (en) * | 2021-10-14 | 2023-04-20 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | Nano-ceramic coating magnified dental mirror |
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| US6575744B1 (en) * | 2002-03-04 | 2003-06-10 | Yoshiki Oshida | Mirror |
| CN1887214A (en) * | 2005-06-28 | 2007-01-03 | 上海雷硕医疗器械有限公司 | Improved dental mirror |
| US20130140289A1 (en) * | 2010-05-28 | 2013-06-06 | Resmed Sas | Apparatus, system and method for determining compliant use of an intraoral appliance |
| US20150024335A1 (en) * | 2013-07-18 | 2015-01-22 | Christopher R. Sabourin | Illuminated intra-oral delivery device |
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- 2019-01-01 KR KR1020207020575A patent/KR20200105674A/en not_active Ceased
- 2019-01-01 EP EP19735735.3A patent/EP3735167A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2019-01-01 JP JP2020556366A patent/JP2021509629A/en active Pending
- 2019-01-01 CN CN201980009635.9A patent/CN111989028A/en active Pending
- 2019-01-01 WO PCT/IL2019/050001 patent/WO2019135217A1/en not_active Ceased
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- 2020-07-02 US US16/919,837 patent/US20200337545A1/en not_active Abandoned
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| US2948912A (en) * | 1957-01-28 | 1960-08-16 | Betty J Wisdom | Wiper of the type in which wiping element is stationary and article to be wiped is moved |
| US6575744B1 (en) * | 2002-03-04 | 2003-06-10 | Yoshiki Oshida | Mirror |
| CN1887214A (en) * | 2005-06-28 | 2007-01-03 | 上海雷硕医疗器械有限公司 | Improved dental mirror |
| US20130140289A1 (en) * | 2010-05-28 | 2013-06-06 | Resmed Sas | Apparatus, system and method for determining compliant use of an intraoral appliance |
| US20150024335A1 (en) * | 2013-07-18 | 2015-01-22 | Christopher R. Sabourin | Illuminated intra-oral delivery device |
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| JP2021509629A (en) | 2021-04-01 |
| KR20200105674A (en) | 2020-09-08 |
| EP3735167A4 (en) | 2021-09-08 |
| EP3735167A1 (en) | 2020-11-11 |
| CN111989028A (en) | 2020-11-24 |
| IL275772A (en) | 2020-08-31 |
| US20200337545A1 (en) | 2020-10-29 |
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