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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Vincent Jeanne, Migne Auxances, FR;
Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Borisenko, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Steven Charles Deane, Cambridge, GB;
Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie Vermeulen, Oss, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method () for localizing inflammation within a user's mouth using an oral care device (), comprising the steps of: (i) emitting () light by one or more light emitters () of the oral care device; (ii) detecting (), by a light detector () of the oral care device, reflectance from a surface at each of a plurality of locations within the user's mouth to generate reflectance data for each of the plurality of locations; (iii) determining (), by the controller, for the plurality of locations, whether gingiva at that location is inflamed; and (iv) providing (), via a user interface () of the oral care device, information to the user regarding the inflamed location or locations.