LIGHT CURING APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR DENTAL LIGHT CURING APPLIANCE

摘要

The invention relates to a light curing appliance, in particular a dental light curing appliance (10), with a light source and with a light emission element such as an optical waveguide (12), of which the light output end is intended in particular to be directed towards a material that is to be polymerized. It is provided with one or more control devices (16) for switching on the light source during a polymerization cycle, and with one or more sensors (20) or sensor combinations connected to the control devices (16). The sensor (20) is designed as a location sensor and/or as a motion sensor (20) which detects a movement of the light curing appliance (10), designed as a hand-held appliance, and sends signals reproducing the motion to the control devices (16).

主权项

1. A dental light curing appliance (10), with a light source and with a light emission element, of which a light output end is intended to be directed towards a material that is to be polymerized, with one or more control devices (16) for switching on the light source during a polymerization cycle, and with one or more sensors (20) or sensor combinations connected to the control devices (16) and passing on the measured values detected by the sensor(s) (20) in this way to the control device or control devices (16), characterized in that
the sensor (20) is designed as a location sensor and/or as a motion sensor (20) which detects a movement of the dental light curing appliance (10), designed as a hand-held appliance, and sends signals reproducing the motion to the control devices (16) and at least one motion sensor (20), is configured as a relative motion sensor which detects relative motion in terms of a position and/or inclination of the hand-held appliance at the beginning of exposure or at the beginning of the polymerization cycle, in at least two dimensions.