Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitive sensor array for dental occlusion monitoring
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Application No.: US15310110Application Date: 2015-05-22
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Publication No.: US10595975B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Marco Borotto , Marco Letizia
- Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Current Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: Andre Roland S.A.
- Agent Nikolaus Schibli
- Priority: WOPCT/IB2014/061728 20140526
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/053786 WO 20150522
- International Announcement: WO2015/181693 WO 20151203
- Main IPC: A61C19/05
- IPC: A61C19/05 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/22 ; G01L1/14

Abstract:
The invention relates to devices, systems and methods exploiting capacitive means for monitoring and analysing teeth-related parameters in a subject, such as the dental occlusion profile and/or the load/force applied upon clenching. The device comprises a body such as a bite fork or bite splint, capacitive sensor(s) incorporated within a soft substrate reversibly deformable once bitten by a subject and a micro-controller unit. The teeth contact points and forces applied upon occlusion are measured via the sensors, delivered to and re-elaborated by the micro-controller unit and possibly sent and visualized in a graphical/numerical fashion on e.g. a display screen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170265978A1 Capacitive Sensor Array for Dental Occlusion Monitoring Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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