System for testing taste sensitivity
AssigneeRanvier Health Limited
InventorDavid Adams
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Abstract
A system for testing a patient's taste recognition and sensitivity. The system includes a sample selector for dispensing taste test samples to the patient, and a test controller configured to determine which taste test sample to dispense to the patient. The test controller is arranged to receive taste test results from the patient associated with the dispensed taste test samples, and determine on the fly which taste test sample to dispense next, based on the received taste test results. Once a plurality of taste test samples have been dispensed to the patient in this manner, the test controller may then determine a taste sensitivity (e.g. threshold) for the patient based on the received taste test results.
Claims17
A sample dispensing system for testing a patient's taste sensitivity, the system comprising:
- a sample selector comprising:
- an array of tasting samples, each tasting sample being one of a plurality of tasting modalities at a predetermined concentration, wherein the array of tasting samples includes tasting samples at a plurality of different concentrations for at least one of the tasting modalities, and
- a selection mechanism configured to indicate one of the tasting samples from the array of tasting samples;
- a test controller configured to:
- generate a sequence of sample indicators for operating the selection mechanism to indicate a sequence of tasting samples;
- receive a patient response to an indicated tasting sample;
- adapt the sequence of sample indicators based on the received patient response;
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- determine a taste sensitivity threshold for the patient using received patient responses corresponding to the adapted sequence of sample indicators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.