Oral Screening Toothbrush
AssigneeBeam Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlexander D. Curry, Daniel E. Dykes, Alex X. Frommeyer
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Abstract
An oral screening toothbrush is provided for screening for oral diseases such as oral cancer and dental caries. The toothbrush emits blue light into the oral cavity and captures an image of the reflection of blue light. Image processing techniques are used to analyze the images to screen for oral diseases. Further, the toothbrush is comprised in a system including a data transfer medium (i.e. “smartphone”) and the Cloud, which allows for data transfer between multiple platforms from the toothbrush. The oral screening toothbrush and extended system provide for in-home oral screening and interaction with health professionals.
Claims20
An oral screening toothbrush, comprising:
- a handle;
- a brush head having a plurality of bristles;
- a neck that is arranged to be distal to the handle and proximal to the brush head;
- a data processing unit that is configured to store and process data;
- a transceiver that is configured to transmit data;
- at least one light-emitting diode that is configured to emit light into the oral cavity;
- and
- at least one photo detector that is configured to receive the emitted light that is reflected from the surface of the oral cavity and transmit photographic data.
An oral screening system, comprising:
- an oral screening toothbrush having a handle, a brush head with a plurality of bristles, a data processing unit that is configured to store and process data, a transceiver that is configured to transmit data, at least one light-emitting diode that is configured to emit light into the oral cavity, and at least one photo detector that is configured to receive the emitted light that is reflected from the surface of the oral cavity and transmit photographic data;
- and
- a cloud computing network having at least one data processing unit that is configured to store and process data and a transceiver that is configured to receive data,
- wherein the transceiver of the oral screening toothbrush is configured to transmit photographic data and the transceiver of the cloud computing network is configured to receive the photographic data.
An oral screening system, comprising:
- an oral screening toothbrush having a handle, a brush head with a plurality of bristles, a data processing unit that is configured to store and process data, a transceiver that is configured to transmit data, and at least one light-emitting diode that is configured to emit light into the oral cavity;
- a cloud computing network having at least one data processing unit that is configured to store and process data and a transceiver that is configured to receive and transmit data;
- and
- a data transfer medium having a transceiver that is configured to receive and transmit data, a data processing unit that is configured to store and process data, and a display medium that is configured to display data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.