Determining a position of an oral care device

    公开(公告)号:US11771213B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US16959854

    申请日:2019-01-03

    IPC分类号: A46B15/00 A61C17/22

    摘要: The invention discloses an oral care device (100) comprising a head portion (102) having a protuberance (104) for engaging an interproximal region within an oral cavity. The oral care device (100) also comprises at least one sensor (108) for acquiring motion data for the oral care device, and a processor (110). The processor is configured to determine when the protuberance of the head portion engages an interproximal region in the oral cavity; and determine, based on motion data acquired by the at least one sensor as the protuberance moves between interproximal regions, a position of the head portion of the oral care device in the oral cavity. An oral care system and a method of determining a position of an oral care device in an oral cavity are also disclosed.

    Methods and systems to characterize the user of a personal care device

    公开(公告)号:US11769077B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US16755319

    申请日:2018-10-10

    摘要: A method (300) for identifying a characteristic of a user of a personal care device (10) comprising a sensor (28), a controller (30), and a database (34), comprising the steps of: training (320) the device with training data, comprising the steps of: (i) obtaining (322) sensor data for at least one personal care session for each of at least two different users; (ii) extracting (324), via an extraction module, a plurality of features from each of the personal care sessions; and (iii) training (328), using the extracted features, a classifier to identify a characteristic of each of the at least two different users of the device; obtaining (330) sensor data for at least part of a new personal care session; extracting (340) a plurality of features from the sensor data for the new personal care session; and identifying (360), using the trained classifier, a characteristic of the user of the device.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS QUANTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240006040A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18039731

    申请日:2021-12-07

    IPC分类号: G16H20/10 G16H40/67

    CPC分类号: G16H20/10 G16H40/67

    摘要: A method (100) for analyzing medication dosage for a patient (210), comprising: (i) receiving (120) a signal indicative of an activity behavior of the patient over a first time period, wherein the signal is collected by a sensor of a wearable device (220) worn by the patient; (ii) receiving (130) information about medication intake by the patient during the first time period, wherein the information comprises both medication dosage and medication intake times during the first time period; (iii) analyzing (140) the received signal and received medication intake information to determine an effectiveness of the medication on the patient, wherein the effectiveness can indicate an overdosage or underdosage of the medication during the first time period, and wherein analyzing the received signal and received medication intake information comprises generating a medication status score, the medication status score configured to minimize patient-controlled variability in the activity behavior of the patient.

    Method and system for determining compliance with a guided cleaning session

    公开(公告)号:US11096477B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16348286

    申请日:2017-11-08

    IPC分类号: A46B15/00 A61C17/22

    摘要: A method (400) for determining a user's compliance with a guided cleaning session during use of an oral cleaning device (10) includes the steps of: (i) providing (410) an oral cleaning device including a sensor (28), a guidance generator (46), and a controller (30); (ii) providing (420), by the guidance generator, a guided cleaning session to the user; (iii) generating (430), at a first location during the guided cleaning session, sensor data from the sensor indicating a position or motion of the oral cleaning device; (iv) comparing (440) the generated sensor data to expected sensor data for the first location; and (v) generating (450), based on the comparison, an estimate of the user's compliance with the guided cleaning session.