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US 2023/0389903 A1Published application
Saliva collection and testing system
AssigneeSmylio Inc.
InventorsRenjith Menon, Loc Phan, Nichole Garcia
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Abstract
A system with a saliva sampling device configured to be orally worn by a patient. The saliva sampling device is a polymer retainer or aligner. A saliva analysis engine is used to correlate one or more analytes of one or more saliva samples with one or more health attributes. A health monitoring engine updates a health profile of the patient based on the correlated health attributes.
Claims20
A saliva sampling device configured to be orally worn by a user, comprising:
- one or more polymer shells formed to a shape of teeth so as to fit over the teeth when orally worn;
- wherein the saliva sampling device is configured to collect at least one saliva sample over one or more hours or days during incremental wearing periods of the saliva sampling device by the user;
- wherein the at least one saliva sample is collected by the saliva sampling device at one or more time periods initiated by user action with the saliva sampling device that enables sampling of saliva;
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- wherein the user action comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of:
- removal of a cover on a storage access location on the saliva sampling device, and
- application of force to the saliva sampling device.
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