Microchip Denture Implant Wireless Signal Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tracking devices, such as RFID tags, lack a reliable and noninvasive method for applying and using microchips to track valuable items or individuals, particularly in dentistry for dental prosthetics, where a suitable solution for accessing personal information is needed.
Innovation Solution
A microchip denture implant and reader system, where a customized microchip is implanted in dental prosthetics and can be accessed using an external reader, allowing for the retrieval of personal information through a wireless signal, enabling identification, location, and data access for various applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a microchip is implanted in a tooth using a cavity and dental filling material, then the microchip is fixed in the tooth, but the method is invasive and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the microchip application from the tooth structure itself and relocates it to the denture base. This eliminates the need for invasive tooth cavity preparation while maintaining secure microchip fixation. The microchip is embedded in the denture base material during denture fabrication, completely avoiding tooth intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The denture base serves as an intermediary carrier between the microchip and the user's body. Instead of directly implanting the microchip into the tooth, the denture base acts as a mediator that holds the microchip in close proximity to the oral cavity, enabling tracking functionality without invasive tooth procedures.
2Ease of operation
If an external reader device is used to scan for microchip information, then personal information can be accessed, but privacy concerns arise from unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the microchip can detect the presence and authorization status of reader devices. Authorized users (such as family members or medical personnel) can access information, while unauthorized access attempts are prevented. The system provides feedback to control information disclosure based on authorization levels.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or access levels are assigned different quality properties. Authorized readers have permission to access full information, while unauthorized readers receive no information or limited information. The microchip's response characteristics change based on the authorization status of the querying device.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides a secure, noninvasive means to access personal information stored in dental prosthetics, facilitating emergency situations, locating missing persons, and retrieving vital information, while ensuring user consent and privacy control.
Implementation Method 1
a microchip including a transceiver 1150 for transmitting a wireless signal
Data Source
AI summary
A microchip denture implant and reader system includes a microchip having a transceiver 1150 or transmitter-receiver pair for transmitting a wireless signal containing information relating to a user, and an external reader scanner 130 in communication with the microchip. The microchip mounts in a dental prosthetic item for oral use. The external reader when activated can scan and display or otherwise provide access to the information relating to the user. The microchip and dental prosthetic item, when installed in the mouth of the user, are configured to provide access to the information relating to the user at a given time.