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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bernard H. Choi, Irvine, CA (US);
Petra Wilder-Smith, Irvine, CA (US);
Bruce Y. Yang, Irvine, CA (US);
Caitlin Regan, Irvine, CA (US);
Sean M. White, Irvine, CA (US);
Tyler Rice, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4552 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/7246 (2013.01); Y02A 90/10 (2018.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for diagnosing a disease in the gingival region of an individual, comprising: quantitatively measuring blood flow or changes in blood flow in the gingival region of the individual, potentially comparing these data to that of a healthy subject, and diagnosing the disease based one of more of these quantities.