Patent ID: 7153131

Claim:
An intraoral illumination device for illuminating interior surfaces of the mouth of a dental patient, the device comprising: a flexible container having container defining walls, a first portion of the walls of the container being light transmitting to permit the transmission of light therethrough, the container of a size that permits insertion of the device into the mouth and placement against a mounting portion of the interior surfaces of the mouth; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer covering a second portion of the walls of the container for adhesively mounting the second portion of the walls to the mounting portion of the interior surfaces of the mouth and preventing the transmission of light to the mounting portion of the interior surfaces of the mouth; the second portion of the container defining walls permitting the transmission of light therethrough to the remaining portions of the interior surfaces of the mouth; a first chamber and a second chamber within the container, the chambers connected to each other by a frangible wall; wherein the first chamber contains a first chemical composition and the second chamber contains a second chemical composition, wherein when the first and second chemical compositions are mixed together a chemiluminescent reaction takes place that produces light; whereby the frangible wall is fractured by flexing the container, permitting the first and second chemicals to mix within the container to create a chemiluminescent reaction that emits light through the first portion of the container walls that are light transmitting to thereby illuminate the remaining interior surfaces of the mouth and permit dental procedures to be performed therein.