UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE;THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
发明人:
Cha-Min Tang,Joseph Schmitt
申请号：
US16487775
公开号：
US20200237231A1
申请日:
2018.02.22
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus provided for detecting tooth pulp vitality includes a handle, a pivot and a caliper. A pair of fiber optic lines pass through an interior of the handle, the pivot and the caliper. One of the fiber optic lines is a source line with a connector at an end of the source line and another of the fiber optic lines is a detector line with a connector at an end of the detector line. The source line is single mode in the handle and the detector line is multi mode. A system is also provided for detecting tooth pulp vitality that includes the apparatus. Additionally, a method is provided for detecting tooth pulp vitality that employs the apparatus.
