US 11,944,279 B2
Saliva assessing method, device, and system
Grant J. Donovan, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Jeffrey A. Stern, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Ryan C. Patterson, Farmington, UT (US); James A. Malmstrom, Kaysville, UT (US); Kent F. Beck, Layton, UT (US); and Scott D. Miles, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to BOKA SCIENCES, INC., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed by Boka Sciences, Inc., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/940,360.
Application 16/940,360 is a division of application No. 15/839,844, filed on Dec. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,736,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,386, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007721 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0051 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4277 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61J 1/10 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for measuring saliva flow in a mouth of a person, comprising:
clearing excess saliva from the mouth;
maintaining the mouth in a closed position for a first predetermined period of time ranging between about 3 seconds and about 90 seconds;
inserting a swab into the mouth for a second predetermined period of time ranging between about 1 second and about 20 seconds; and
measuring an amount of saliva captured by the swab by positioning the swab on a measuring device.