MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641061916 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on May 15, for 'oral diagnostic toothbrush.'

Inventor(s) include Amit Kumar Rahul; Saksham Anand; and Vasu Arya.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An oral diagnostic toothbrush system (100) comprises a handle body (102), a brush head having bristles (116), a saliva receiving path, a check valve (114), a central micro-channel cavity (134), capillary channels (130), a first reagent zone (124) for pH detection, a second reagent zone (126) for hemoglobin detec...