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20080220392 | PROPHY ANGLE ADAPTER WITH MULTIPLE COUPLINGS AND COLLET FOR RECEIVING ROTATING MEMBER - An adapter for a prophy angle includes a collet, a nose, a body, and a shaft. The collet is configured to connect to a rotating member of the prophy angle. The nose has a first bore and is configured to receive the rotating member through the first bore. The body has a second bore and is connected to the nose. The shaft is positioned within the second bore of the body, and the shaft include a first distal end and a second distal end. The first distal end connects to the collet, and the second distal end includes a coupler. The collet includes a plurality of extensions for attaching to the rotating member. A fixed-diameter collet bore is defined by innermost portions of the extensions, and the collet bore has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rotating member. | 09-11-2008 |
20080311541 | PROPHY ANGLE - The present invention provides a dental prophylaxis angle that includes a singular housing, a drive shaft, a rotor, and a collar. The housing may define a first bore, a second bore in communication with the first bore at a substantial angle thereto, and a third bore coaxial with the second bore. The drive shaft is positionable in the first bore, and the drive shaft may include a post, which may define a spherical depression. The rotor is positionable in the second bore, and may define a spherical bearing and a spherical tip. The collar defines an axial bore where the collar is positionable in the first bore such that a portion of the drive shaft is disposed within the axial bore. | 12-18-2008 |
20100015568 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE PROPHY ANGLE ADAPTER - An adjustable angle adapter for a prophy angle comprises a nose, a rotating member, a body, a shaft, and a multi-axis rotation joint. The nose is configured to receive a portion of a prophy angle. The rotating member is positioned within the nose. The body is adjustably connected to the nose. The shaft is positioned within the body. The multi-axis rotation joint connects the shaft to the rotating member. The nose is rotatable relative to the body into at least a first configuration and a second configuration. | 01-21-2010 |
20100196845 | PROPHY ANGLE AND ADAPTER WITH GUARD - A dental system comprises a dental prophy angle and an adjustable angle adapter. The prophy angle includes a housing and a guard. The adapter is configured to drive the prophy angle and includes a body, a nose, and an outer joint. The nose is configured to receive a portion of a prophy angle. The body is adjustably connected to the nose. The outer joint includes a ball portion connected to the nose, and a ball receiver connected to the body. The nose is rotatable relative to the body into at least a first configuration and a second configuration. The guard engages an outer surface of the ball receiver, and the guard has a greatest outer diameter larger than a greatest outer diameter of the housing. | 08-05-2010 |
20100196846 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE PROPHY ANGLE ADAPTER - An adjustable angle adapter for a prophy angle comprises a nose, a rotating member, a body, a shaft, a multi-axis rotation joint, and an outer joint. The nose is configured to receive a portion of the prophy angle. The rotating member is positioned within the nose. The body is adjustably connected to the nose. The shaft is positioned within the body. The multi-axis rotation joint connects the shaft to the rotating member. The outer joint includes a ball portion connected to one of the body and the nose, and a ball receiver connected to an other of the body and the nose. The nose is configured to pivot relative to the body into at least a first configuration and a second configuration. | 08-05-2010 |
20100196847 | PROPHY ANGLE AND ADAPTER WITH LATCH - A dental system comprises a dental prophy angle and an adapter. The prophy angle includes a housing and a latch mechanism. The adapter is configured to drive the prophy angle. The latch mechanism includes a lever and a first latch element. The adapter includes a nose having a second latch element and a depression proximate to the latch element. Upon the first latch element mating with the second latch element, the depression adjacent the lever. The lever is movable between at least a first position and a second position, and movement of the lever between the first position and the second position moves the first latch element between an engaged position and a disengaged position. | 08-05-2010 |
20120156643 | PROPHY ANGLE AND ADAPTER - A dental prophy angle includes a housing and a rotor. The dental prophy angle adapter can include a drive shaft with a tip. The drive shaft of the adapter can be coupled to a gear at the same end of the tip with the rotor of the prophy angle being configured to receive the tip. Further, a slidable sleeve can extend over a portion of the drift shaft so that the slidable sleeve becomes automatically retracted upon engaging a shoulder of the housing resulting in the gear of the drive shaft being revealed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120214126 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE PROPHY ANGLE ADAPTER - An adjustable angle adapter for a prophy angle comprises a nose, a rotating member, a body, a shaft, and a multi-axis rotation joint. The nose is configured to receive a portion of a prophy angle. The rotating member is positioned within the nose. The body is adjustably connected to the nose. The shaft is positioned within the body. The multi-axis rotation joint connects the shaft to the rotating member. The nose is rotatable relative to the body into at least a first configuration and a second configuration. | 08-23-2012 |
20130130198 | PROPHY ANGLE - The present invention provides a dental prophylaxis angle that includes a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, and a drive shaft driving the rotor. The drive shaft and the rotor operate together with a sidewall of the housing against a common surface of the rotor to prevent removal of the rotor from the housing in a direction along an axis of rotation of the rotor. | 05-23-2013 |
20140276697 | ABLATION CANNULA AND KIT WITH INSERT - An ablation cannula kit with insert includes a trocar and cannula with a hollow shaft. The hollow shaft is configured to permit passage of the trocar therethrough. An auxiliary port extends from an exterior surface of the cannula and defines a hollow passageway into the hollow shaft. Notably, an insert is included in the kit. The insert defines a hollow shaft and is adapted to be inserted into the hollow shaft of the cannula. An auxiliary port extends from an exterior surface of the insert defining a hollow passageway into the hollow shaft of the insert. Finally, a laser fiber is included with a diameter less than an interior diameter of the hollow shaft of the insert so as to permit passage of the fiber through the hollow shaft of the insert. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090012403 | METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF BONE FRACTURE RISK USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A method is disclosed for analyzing keratinized tissue, particularly fingernails, of a subject to diagnose osteoporosis and bone fracture risk. A Raman spectrum of a sample of keratinized tissue is generated. Broad spectral background features of the spectrum are removed, preferably by using Fourier transform analysis. Peak heights of Raman features of interest, particularly the S—S bond of cystine, are measured. These peak height measurements are normalized using reference peak heights of Raman features that are invariant between normal and osteoporotic subjects, such as the CH | 01-08-2009 |
20090325318 | SUPRA NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE ASSEMBLIES - A method of reporting a binding event having increased sensitivity and multiplex capabilities. A reporter supra-nanoparticle assembly is provided that has an inner core made of a polymeric material, a coating on the inner core made of a polymeric material and a plurality of reporter nanoparticles, and a first active group on the surface of the coating. | 12-31-2009 |
20100182594 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED REAL-TIME MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION - An apparatus is described for the real-time identification of one or more selected components of a target material. In one embodiment, an infrared spectrometer and a separate Raman spectrometer are coupled to exchange respective spectral information of the target material preferably normalized and presented in a single graph. In an alternative embodiment, both an infrared spectrometer and a Raman spectrometer are included in a single instrument and a common infrared light source is used by both spectrometers. In another embodiment, a vibrational spectrometer and a stoichiometric spectrometer are combined in a single instrument and are coupled to exchange respective spectral information of the target material and to compare the spectral information against a library of spectra to generate a real-time signal if a selected component is present in the target material. | 07-22-2010 |
20100265499 | PROGRAMMABLE RAMAN TRANSDUCER - A programmable Raman transducer is disclosed for detecting the presence or absence of a preselected compound in a sample. The transducer, in a preferred embodiment, includes a laser source for generating laser light for illuminating the sample. Collector optics, absent a spatial filter, are used for collecting Raman-scattered light from the sample. A detector generates spectral data from the Raman-scattered light, and a digital processor compares the spectral data to a database of spectral data on selected compounds, including the preselected compound to generate a binary signal indicating presence or absence of the preselected compound. | 10-21-2010 |
20120154801 | Spectrometer - A spectroscopic system is provided. In one embodiment, the spectroscopic system comprises a light source adapted to provide a beam of illumination; an optical system adapted to provide the beam of illumination to a sample and receive a spectroscopy signal from the sample and direct the spectroscopy signal to at least one single channel detector, wherein the optical system comprises an adjustable dispersing element for directing one or more spectral features of the spectroscopy signal to the at least one single channel detector; a calibration detector adapted to determine a set point of the adjustable dispersing element; and a source synchronization component adapted to synchronize an operation of the light source and the at least one single channel detector. A method of calibrating a dispersing element of a spectrometer is also provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a set point along a path of an adjustable dispersing element, wherein the set point corresponds to a position of the dispersing element where a calibration signal of a spectrometer is detected at a calibration sensor of the spectrometer; adjusting the position of the dispersing element along the path by a predetermined offset measurement from the set point; and directing at least a portion of a spectroscopic signal from the dispersing element to a spectroscopic signal detector of the spectrometer. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162642 | Spectrometer - A spectrometer is provided. In one implementation, for example, a spectrometer comprises an excitation source, a focusing lens, a movable minor, and an actuator assembly. The focusing lens is adapted to focus an incident beam from the excitation source. The actuator assembly is adapted to control the movable mirror to move a focused incident beam across a surface of the sample. | 06-28-2012 |
20130316467 | SPECTROSCOPIC ASSAYS AND TAGGING - A spectroscopic assay is provided. The assay comprises: a motive particle configured to move within a solution, the motive particle comprising a first analyte binding reagent for selectively binding to a target analyte; and a spectroscopic reporter particle configured to provide a predetermined spectroscopic signal in response to being interrogated by a spectrometer, the spectroscopic reporter particle comprising a second analyte binding reagent for selectively binding to the target analyte, wherein the motive particle and the spectroscopic reporter particle are configured to provide a sandwich assay in the presence of the target analyte via the first and second analyte binding reagents. | 11-28-2013 |
20140104611 | Spectrometer - A spectrometer is provided. In one implementation, for example, a spectrometer comprises an excitation source, a focusing lens, a movable mirror, and an actuator assembly. The focusing lens is adapted to focus an incident beam from the excitation source. The actuator assembly is adapted to control the movable mirror to move a focused incident beam across a surface of the sample. | 04-17-2014 |
20150099292 | SPECTROMETER - A spectroscopic system is provided. In one embodiment, the spectroscopic system comprises a light source adapted to provide a beam of illumination; an optical system adapted to provide the beam of illumination to a sample and receive a spectroscopy signal from the sample and direct the spectroscopy signal to at least one single channel detector, wherein the optical system comprises an adjustable dispersing element for directing one or more spectral features of the spectroscopy signal to the at least one single channel detector; a calibration detector adapted to determine a set point of the adjustable dispersing element; and a source synchronization component adapted to synchronize an operation of the light source and the at least one single channel detector. A method of calibrating a dispersing element of a spectrometer is also provided. | 04-09-2015 |
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20090135417 | OPTICAL BEAM SPECTROMETER - A spectroscopic system is described that provides at least one of focus of an excitation beam onto a sample, automatic focus of an optical system of the spectroscopic system for collecting a spectroscopic signal, and/or averaging of excitation intensity over a surface area of the sample. | 05-28-2009 |
20100291701 | CYANIDE AND RELATED SPECIES DETECTION WITH METAL SURFACES - An assay method and kit for detecting a chemical. The method and kit utilize a metal surface capable of surface enhanced Raman Scattering. The metal surface may be provided in the form of one or more nanoparticles, to increase the surface enhanced Raman Scattering capability of the metal surface. The nanoparticles may be treated with one or more additives to further enhance or maintain the surface enhanced Raman Scattering capability of the nanoparticles. | 11-18-2010 |
20110294230 | Lyophilization of Colloidal Metals for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering - An assay and method of making same for use in SERS spectroscopy. The assay includes colloidal particles of a metal, which have been lyophilized. The lyophilized particles of metal produce a SERS active solution when reconstituted. The lyophilized particles of metal may be provided in a container in an assay system. | 12-01-2011 |
20120044487 | OPTICAL BEAM SPECTROMETER WITH MOVABLE LENS - A spectroscopic system is described that provides at least one of focus of an excitation beam onto a sample, automatic focus of an optical system of the spectroscopic system for collecting a spectroscopic signal, and/or averaging of excitation intensity over a surface area of the sample. | 02-23-2012 |