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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Edgar Martinus Van Gool, Veghel, NL;
Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendonk, BE;
Johannes Hendrikus Maria Spruit, Waalre, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A detection apparatus () detects the presence of a substance () on a surface () based on measurement of a signal of obstructing the passage of second fluid () through a first stream probe and confirmation that the substance is not the gums of a subject or a user of the detection apparatus and not the generation of a false alarm signal that the substance is the gums of the subject or of the user of the detection apparatus by comparing to a signal of at least partial obstruction to a signal correlating to an object not obstructing the passage of fluid () through a second stream probe (). The signals may include pressure, flow rate and strain.