Patent ID: 8231383

Claim:
An instrument for curing light-curable compounds comprising: a housing; a light emitting structure positioned in the housing and including at least one light emitting die mounted on a substrate; a lens structure positioned proximate to the die and positioned over the die and at least a portion of the substrate to capture light from the die, the lens structure extending forwardly of the die to refract captured light; a reflector configured for being positioned with the light emitting structure and configured to capture light emitted from the die, the reflector being a tubular structure having open proximal and distal ends; the lens structure and die being positioned proximate to the open proximal end of the reflector and the lens structure extending into the tubular reflector structure from the proximal end so the light is refracted into the reflector and directed toward the distal end and onto a light-curable compound; a light guide operably coupled to the distal end of the reflector, the light guide including a plurality of fiber-optic strands capable of transmitting light along the length of the light guide for transmitting light captured by the reflector onto a light-curable compound.