Intraoral Sensor Module for Dental and Medical Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing intraoral sensing systems fail to utilize biological information acquired for dental treatment purposes for medical treatment or prevention, leading to underutilization of collected data.
Innovation Solution
An intraoral sensing system and method that includes a sensor module installed in the oral cavity, capable of storing and transmitting biological data, along with patient identification information, to a terminal apparatus for analysis by dentists and doctors, allowing for medical disease analysis and communication of potential disease information between dental and medical clinics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If biological information is acquired using a sensor module installed in an oral cavity for dental treatment purposes, then dental treatment analysis can be performed, but the biological information cannot be used for medical treatment or prevention
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor module is designed to collect biological information that serves dual purposes: dental treatment analysis and medical disease analysis. The same sensor module that monitors oral cavity conditions for dental purposes also captures physiological data (heart rate, body temperature, blood flow) that can be analyzed by doctors for medical treatment and prevention, making the data collection system universally applicable to both dental and medical fields
Solution Approach 2:
A terminal apparatus acts as an intermediary between the sensor module and both dentists and doctors. This terminal apparatus receives biological information from the sensor module, performs initial processing, and distributes relevant data to appropriate medical professionals. The terminal apparatus enables the same collected data to serve multiple purposes by facilitating communication between dental and medical domains without requiring separate data collection systems
2Measurement precision
If a sensor module is installed in an orthodontic appliance, denture, or implant to collect biological information, then dental treatment monitoring is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor module integrates multiple sensing functions into a single compact unit that can be installed in existing orthodontic appliances, dentures, or implants. By combining biological information sensors with the existing dental structures, the system achieves precise measurement capabilities without requiring separate complex monitoring devices, thus improving measurement precision while minimizing additional system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor module is designed as a universal component that can be installed in various dental structures (orthodontic appliances, dentures, implants) to collect the same type of biological information. This multi-functional design allows the system to achieve precise biological monitoring across different dental applications without requiring separate specialized systems for each application
Data Source
AI summary
The present intraoral sensing system which is configured to sense a biological information using a sensor module installed in an oral cavity, including a sensor module installed in an oral cavity of a patient and configured to store data acquired when the biological information is sensed, a storage configured to acquire the data and an identification information of the patient stored by the sensor module, associate the acquired data with the identification information of the patient, and store the association, a terminal apparatus for a dentist configured to analyze the data stored in the storage for each of the identification information of the patient, and a terminal apparatus for a doctor configured to acquire the data associated with a patient who has a developed disease among the data of patients stored in the storage, from the terminal apparatus for a dentist.