US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Dec. 2 for "Large dynamic range detector for gingivitis detection" (British, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,838, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Large dynamic range detector for gingivitis detection" was invented by Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie Vermeulen (Oss, Netherlands), Alan James Davie (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Steven Charles Deane (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (100) for detecting tissue inflammation, gingivitis specifically, including a light emitter (102) configured to emit light at a tissue region within a user's mouth; at least four wavelength-sensitive photodetectors (110, 112, 114, and 116) configured to detect optical signals diffusely re...