PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF A PERSON'S GUM HEALTH

    公开(公告)号:US20220322954A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17634264

    申请日:2020-08-14

    摘要: An optical analysis of saliva or a fluid-saliva mixture is performed in order to check whether the saliva or fluid-saliva mixture contains blood, which allows for determining whether or not a person may suffer from gingivitis or another condition affecting gum health. Light received from a representative volume of fluid (23) containing saliva is detected and analyzed. The analysis involves determination of at least one measurement value of light received by a light-receiving unit (25) for only a single wavelength of the light, particularly a wavelength that is associated with high absorption by a constituent of blood. It this respect, it is practical if the light-receiving unit (25) is configured to receive reflected light back from the volume of fluid (23). The optical analysis may be performed real-time during an action in a person's mouth involving a gum agitation effect, or after such action has taken place, for example.

    DIRECT CONVERSION RADIATION DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180106910A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15501193

    申请日:2016-06-28

    IPC分类号: G01T1/24

    CPC分类号: G01T1/241 G01T1/24

    摘要: The present invention relates to a direct conversion radiation detector for wherein the direct conversion material comprises a garnet with a composition of Z3(AlxGay)O12:Ce, wherein Z is Lu, Gd, Y, Tb or combinations thereof and wherein y is equal to or greater than x; and preferably Z comprises Gd. Suitable garnets directly convert radiation, such as x-rays or gamma-rays, into electronic signals. Preferably photoluminescence of the garnet is low or absent. The detector is particularly suitable for use in x-ray imaging devices, such as computed tomography. In some embodiments photoluminescence of garnets might be used to construct a hybrid direct-indirect conversion detector, which may be particularly suitable for use with Time-of-Flight PET.

    CE3+ ACTIVATED LUMINESCENT COMPOSITIONS FOR APPLICATION IN IMAGING SYSTEMS
    3.
    发明申请
    CE3+ ACTIVATED LUMINESCENT COMPOSITIONS FOR APPLICATION IN IMAGING SYSTEMS 有权
    CE3 +激活的成像系统应用的发光组合物

    公开(公告)号:US20160146950A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-26

    申请号:US14903640

    申请日:2014-07-17

    IPC分类号: G01T1/202 C09K11/77

    CPC分类号: G01T1/2023 C09K11/7773

    摘要: This disclosure relates to luminescent compositions comprising a host matrix sensitized by Ce3+ and showing emission in the ultraviolet range. Typical host matrices include fluorides, sulphates, and phosphates, in particular A(Y1-x-yLuxLay)F4, A(Y1-x-yLuxLay)3F10, BaCa(Y1-x-yLuxLay)2F10, and Ba(Y1-x-yLuxLay)2F8, wherein A=Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs. One or more of these luminescent compositions may be applied as a ceramic or single crystalline converter for CT, PET or SPECT scanners, or as a luminescent powder layer for x-ray intensifying screens.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及包含由Ce 3+敏化并显示在紫外范围内的发射的主体基质的发光组合物。 典型的主体基质包括氟化物,硫酸盐和磷酸盐,特别是A(Y1-x-yLuxLay)F4,A(Y1-x-yLuxLay)3F10,BaCa(Y1-x-yLuxLay)2F10和Ba(Y1-x- yLuxLay)2F8,其中A = Li,Na,K,Rb或Cs。 这些发光组合物中的一种或多种可以用作CT,PET或SPECT扫描仪的陶瓷或单晶转换器,或作为X射线增强屏幕的发光粉末层。

    ORAL CARE SYSTEM WITH SANITIZATION FUNCTION
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230404252A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18027650

    申请日:2021-09-14

    IPC分类号: A46B17/06 A46B17/04

    摘要: An oral care system (10) comprises an oral care device (12). The oral care device is designed to either comprise or attach to a cleaning or treatment portion (14), e.g. a brush head or mouthpiece. The oral care device thus has a cleaning or treatment function. The oral care device is further provided with an electromagnetic (EM) field or radiation generator (22) adapted to generate and emit radio or microwave frequency electromagnetic energy in a space around an emitter arrangement (24) (sanitization area) used to emit the radiation or field. The EM emissions are configured to have electromagnetic properties suitable for heating water or water-containing fluid located within the sanitization area (34). This allows for a sanitization or disinfection function in a dedicated mode, wherein the EM emissions of the EM generator causes heating to a temperature of at least 50° C., preferably at least 70° C., of water on any surfaces of the cleaning or treatment portion located within the sanitization area, the heating having a sanitization or disinfection effect.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POLLUTION STATUS OF A PARTICLE FILTER IN AN AIR-CLEANING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200179858A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16349308

    申请日:2017-11-23

    IPC分类号: B01D46/00 B01D46/46

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the pollution status of a particle filter (10) for an air-cleaning device (1) with increased accuracy at low extra costs. The device comprises a sheet resistance input (43) for obtaining sheet resistance information (21) indicating or allowing to determine an electrical sheet resistance of the particle filter (10); a humidity input (44) for obtaining humidity information (31) indicating the relative humidity of the filter's environment; and a processor (45) for comparing the electrical sheet resistance indicated by or determined from the obtained sheet resistance information (21) with a reference sheet resistance of a clean particle filter at the relative humidity (31) indicated by the obtained humidity information and given at the time of acquisition of said electrical sheet resistance and for generating, based on said comparison, a control signal (41) for control of the air-cleaning device and/or a status information (42) indicating the pollution status of the particle filter (10).

    CONTROLLER
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220331078A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17640124

    申请日:2020-08-28

    IPC分类号: A61C17/22 A61B5/00 A46B15/00

    摘要: There is provided a controller for a fluid-detection system, wherein the controller is configured to: determine if a user is interacting with the fluid detection system, wherein the determining comprises at least one of: determining whether a user is within a predetermined distance of the fluid detection system; determining whether a user is in physical contact with the fluid detection system; determining whether a fluid sensor of the fluid detection system is in a mouth of a user; and control the temperature of the fluid sensor of the fluid detection system based on the result of the determination. There is also provided a fluid based detection system comprising the controller, a device comprising the controller, a remote device comprising the controller, and a computer implemented method for controlling a fluid detection system, the method comprising the steps of: determining if a user is interacting with the fluid detection system, wherein the determining comprises at least one of: determining whether a user is within a predetermined distance of the system; determining whether a user is in physical contact with the fluid detection system; determining whether a fluid sensor of the fluid detection system is in a mouth of a user; and controlling the temperature of the fluid sensor of the fluid detection system based on the result of the determination.

    CHARACTERIZATION APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING SCINTILLATOR MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20170205515A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-20

    申请号:US15326685

    申请日:2015-07-10

    IPC分类号: G01T1/202

    CPC分类号: G01T1/202

    摘要: The invention relates to a characterization apparatus (1) for characterizing scintillator material (3) especially for a PET detector. A first radiation source (2) irradiates the scintillator material with first radiation (4) having a wavelength being smaller than 450 nm. Then, a second radiation source (5) irradiates the scintillator material with pulsed second radiation (6) having a wavelength being larger than 600 nm and having a pulse duration being equal to or smaller than 50 s, wherein a detection device (9) detects third radiation (12) from the scintillator material (3) during and/or after the irradiation by the second radiation. The third radiation depends on the amount of charge carriers trapped at electronic defects of the scintillator material such that it can be used as an indicator for the amount of electronic defects and hence for characterizing the scintillator material. This characterization can be performed relatively fast and in a relatively simple way.