US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Nov. 3 for "Non-invasive periodontal examination" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,202, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Non-invasive periodontal examination" was invented by Rim Helaoui (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Amir Hussein Rmaile (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing a non-invasive periodontal examination on a subject. The method comprises obtaining a first optical image of the surface of an intra-oral area of the subject, the intra-oral area containing at least one tooth and a corresponding gum and obtaining a second image of t...