US 12,290,378 B2
Smart pseudo-palate for linguistic and biomedical applications
Yong Kyu Yoon, Gainesville, FL (US); Ratree Wayland, Gainesville, FL (US); Lori J. Altmann, Gainesville, FL (US); Saeyeong Jeon, Gainesville, FL (US); Sunghyun Hwang, Gainesville, FL (US); and Kevin Tang, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed by University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,749, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393193 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/4803 (2013.01) [A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4552 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0215 (2017.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pseudo-palate comprising:
a flexible material comprising an anterior end and a posterior end;
a plurality of detecting electrodes embedded in the flexible material, each having a diameter from about 100 μm to about 1 mm in diameter and a thickness of about 200 nm;
a plurality of tracing lines having a width of from about 5 μm to about 50 μm embedded in the flexible material and each connected to a respective electrode of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the tracing lines comprises a width of from about 5 μm to about 50 μm;
a wireless microprocessor module adapted to be positioned along an outer wall of a first posterior portion of the subject's upper gums;
a battery adapted to be positioned along an outer wall of a second posterior portion of the subject's upper gums;
a first wire electrically connected to the plurality of tracing lines and extending from the posterior end of the flexible material and adapted to surround a first posterior-lateral corner of the subject's upper gum to electrically connect to the wireless microprocessor module; and
a second wire electrically connected to the plurality of tracing lines and extending from the posterior end of the flexible material and adapted to surround a second posterior-lateral corner of the subject's upper gum to electrically connect to the battery;
wherein the pseudo-palate is from about 0.1 mm to about 0.2 mm thick, and wherein the plurality of electrodes are configured for resistive sensing of tongue contact with a subject's hard palate.