Patent ID: 8272868
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental curing light comprising: an electrical power supply; a first light guide in optical communication with at least one light source in electrical communication with the electrical power supply; a second light guide in optical communication with at least one light source in electrical communication with the electrical power supply, wherein the first light guide and the second light guide are connected to a housing, and wherein the first light guide and the second light guide are both hinged to the housing for movement with respect to the housing, and wherein the first light guide has a first distal tip, the second light guide has a second distal tip, and the first tip and the second tip are angled toward each other, and wherein the first light guide and the second light guide are normally biased by a spring into a relaxed position in which the first distal tip and the second distal tip are a first distance apart, and the first light guide and the second light guide have an outwardly flexed position in which the first distal tip and the second distal tip are a second distance apart, the second distance being greater than the first distance.