MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073094 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on June 12, 2026, for Canal-Hue: Ph Sensitive Colour Changing Paper Point For Detection Of Real Time Intracanal Infection.

Inventors include Dr K Ranjima; Dr. Harish Selvaraj; and Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT The present invention discloses a pH-sensitive colour-changing paper point impregnated with bromothymol blue for rapid chairside detection of residual microbial activity within the root canal system. The device operates on the principle that bacterial metabol...