IMPROVED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE ULTRASONIC DETECTION OF SMOOTH SURFACE LESIONS ON TOOTH CROWN SURFACES - Patent 1082066

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EP 1 082 066 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/11

(21)	Application number: 99923845.4

(22)	Date of filing: 02.06.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61C 19/04, A61B 8/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IL9900/294

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9962/423 (09.12.1999 Gazette 1999/49)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

03.06.1998 US 89920

(71)	Applicant: Novadent Ltd.
	Lod 71100 (IL)

(72)	Inventors:
	BAB, Itai 99797 Karmei Yossef (IL) FEUERSTEIN, Osnat 92585 Jerusalem (IL) ZIV, Vered, Vivi 76804 Mazkeret Batia (IL)

(74)	Representative: Cross, Rupert Edward Blount et al
	BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	IMPROVED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE ULTRASONIC DETECTION OF SMOOTH SURFACE LESIONS ON TOOTH CROWN SURFACES