US 11,883,252 B2
Systems and methods for measuring an oral arch geometry and selecting a mouthpiece based on oral arch measurements
Steven Charles Deane, Cambridge, MA (US); Vincent Jeanne, Migne Auxances (FR); Felipe Maia Masculo, Eindhoven (NL); and Wilhelmus Johannes Everadus Evers, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 16/982,615
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057351
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/185497, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,234, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022840 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 19/04 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 15/04 (2006.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 19/04 (2013.01) [A61B 5/067 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/4542 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 15/046 (2013.01); A61C 17/02 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for selecting a design for a mouthpiece for a user, comprising:
receiving a signal with a personal care system to initiate oral arch measurements using a personal care device,
collecting data from a position sensor related to a location of a probe of the personal care device as the probe is moved about an oral arch of the user;
determining, by a controller of the personal care system, a dimension (W1, W2, L1, L2) of the oral arch from the data;
selecting, by the controller, a design for a mouthpiece for the user based on the dimension of the oral arch; and
transmitting information identifying the mouthpiece design to an intended recipient.