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Granted Patent B2
US 10,743,973 · App. 15/842,075 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Temporal mandible data capture analysis and recommendation

Inventors: Ebony C. Adams (Austin, TX); Ching-Yun Chao (Austin, TX); Christian Compton (Austin, TX); Jeremy R. Fox (Georgetown, TX); Manjunath Ravi (Austin, TX)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
A61C19/045A61B5/1121A61B5/4557A61B5/746G06F16/90335
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Patent No.
US 10,743,973
App. No.
15/842,075
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Approaches presented herein enable performing an oral health diagnosis of a user using an oral monitoring device fixed in the oral cavity. Specifically, an oral monitoring device collects jaw movement data as a user goes about daily living. An oral healthcare analysis is performed comparing current measurement data against abnormality classifications to identify abnormal jaw movement. If an abnormality is identified, an oral healthcare professional can be notified.

Claims (14)

1. A computer-implemented method for identifying at least one jaw abnormality of a user comprising:

collecting jaw movement data of the user over a period of time from an oral monitoring device affixed within the oral cavity of the user;

retrieving a set of abnormality classifications from a database;

performing a diagnostic of the jaw movement data by comparing the jaw movement data and the set of abnormality classifications to asses an abnormality in jaw movement; and,

identifying a jaw abnormality of the user based on the diagnostic;

comparing the identified jaw abnormality to similar abnormalities in jaw movements of a population of users similar to the user; and

returning diagnosis and treatment recommendations within a specified confidence interval, weighted by effectiveness, based on treatments and success with the similar abnormalities in jaw movements of the population of users similar to the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a diagnostic of the jaw movement data by comparing the jaw movement data, the set of abnormality classifications, and jaw movement data aggregated across at least one population of users to asses an abnormality in jaw movement; and

identifying a jaw abnormality using the diagnostic.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising: returning diagnosis and treatment recommendations using cognitive data analysis.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising generating an alert to at least one of the user and an oral healthcare professional of the user in response to identifying the jaw abnormality.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the jaw movement data is data from at least one of an accelerometer and a gyroscope.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the jaw movement data includes at least one of: rotational movement in the traverse plane; excessive lateral jaw movement; motion in three planes; rotational movement over an extended period of time, mandible-stroke frequency; and overall dynamic body acceleration of the jaw.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: ADAMS, EBONY C.; CHAO, CHING-YUN; COMPTON, CHRISTIAN; FOX, JEREMY R.; RAVI, MANJUNATH
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044399/0231 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15805477 · Nov 7, 2017
Related Publication 20190133731A1 · May 9, 2019
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