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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Manu Prakash, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dhruv Boddupalli, Redwood City, CA (US);
James Clements, E. PaloAlto, CA (US);
Aditya Gande, Cupertino, CA (US);
Manu Prakash, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dhruv Boddupalli, Redwood City, CA (US);
James Clements, E. PaloAlto, CA (US);
Aditya Gande, Cupertino, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for imaging an oral cavity of a subject include a bracket comprising a mouthpiece and a camera mount. The mouthpiece has upper and lower bite guides disposed on a posterior side and separated by an opening through the mouthpiece. The bite guides are spaced apart so a subject biting on the guides opens the oral cavity to inspection through the opening. The mount is disposed on an anterior side of the mouthpiece; and has a flange to engage and slide along the opening and an optical path for light to pass through the mount and mouthpiece. A clip on an anterior side of the mount is configured to removeably hold a camera to record light passing through the optical path from the posterior side of the mount. In one embodiment, the camera is a programmable cell phone with digital camera.