Patents by Inventor Nigel David Young

Nigel David Young has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11399926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mouthpiece for performing a treatment of teeth such as teeth whitening. Accordingly, the mouthpiece may be arranged for cosmetic treatment. The treatment is based on illumination of the teeth of light with a suitable wavelength. The mouthpiece is designed so that light from light sources, e.g. LED's, is sufficiently homogenized so that the light irradiance at the teeth is sufficiently uniform to achieve good treatment results. Furthermore, the mouthpiece is designed so that the irradiance at the teeth is sufficiently high to achieve efficient treatment and so that heating of the teeth is minimized to an acceptable heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nigel David Young, Gertrude Riëtte Bakker-Van Der Kamp, Paulus Cornelis Duineveld, Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie Vermeulen, Valentina Lavezzo, James Donald Gwyer, Zeynep Sabah
  • Patent number: 11284981
    Abstract: A smart lighting system for applying light to teeth in the context of tooth whitening and teeth that have been provided with a light-curable whitening varnish. The system includes a light-generating unit, a light-patterning unit, a mouth imaging unit, a mouth image sensing unit, and an image processing and control unit, and is adapted so as to allow the image processing and control unit to adjust the light-patterning unit on the basis of information obtained from the mouth image sensing unit. By doing so, prior to allowing the light-generating unit to emit light, it can be ensured that light emitted to assist tooth whitening, does not affect soft tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Nigel David Young
  • Patent number: 11179299
    Abstract: A system for providing an oral care agent includes a first layer containing the oral care agent and a second layer. The first layer can be applied directly to teeth. The second layer can subsequently be applied onto the first layer to inhibit leakage of the oral care agent outwards into the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nigel David Young, James Donald Gwyer, Hermann Christian Reccius, Zeynep Sabah, Veena Mohan, Estelle Julie Dorothee Bernard-Fichet, Antonius Wilhelmus Maria De Laat, Johan Lub, Nicolaas Petrus Willard
  • Patent number: 10758330
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mouthpiece (100) for illumination of teeth, e.g. for teeth whitening. The mouthpiece comprises a slab shaped light guide (203), at least one light source arranged for injecting light into the light guide and an optically transparent element (101) arranged to contact the light guide. The optically transparent element has a lower refractive index than the light guide to enable total internal refection of the injected light. Light is coupled out of the light guide by an out-coupling structure (210) and through a part of the optically transparent part located between the light guide and the buccal side of the teeth to illuminated the teeth with uniform light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie Vermeulen, Nigel David Young, Pascal Jean Henri Bloemen
  • Publication number: 20200261197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mouthpiece for performing a treatment of teeth such as teeth whitening. Accordingly, the mouthpiece may be arranged for cosmetic treatment. The treatment is based on illumination of the teeth of light with a suitable wavelength. The mouthpiece is designed so that light from light sources, e.g. LED's, is sufficiently homogenized so that the light irradiance at the teeth is sufficiently uniform to achieve good treatment results. Furthermore, the mouthpiece is designed so that the irradiance at the teeth is sufficiently high to achieve efficient treatment and so that heating of the teeth is minimized to an acceptable heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel David YOUNG, Gertrude Riëtte BAKKER-VAN DER KAMP, Paulus Cornelis DUINEVELD, Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie VERMEULEN, Valentina LAVEZZO, James Donald GWYER, Zeynep SABAH
  • Publication number: 20200146435
    Abstract: A method (800) for adjusting a user's oral care routine by an oral care device (10) based on interproximal spacing, the method including the steps of: (i) obtaining (820), using the oral care device, information about an interproximal space (66) in the user's mouth; and (ii) automatically adjusting (850), based on the obtained information, a parameter of the oral care device, wherein the dynamic adjustment is configured to improve oral care of the interproximal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Amir Hussein RMAILE, Steven Charles DEANE, Nigel David YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20200085554
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oral care device for teeth whitening or other purpose. The device is designed to provide a uniform light intensity distribution at the teeth by use of a light mixing chamber of a mouthpiece comprised by the oral care device. The mouthpiece comprises a sealing structure with rims designed to connect to the gums of a user. At least apart of the rim and a closure of the mouthpiece surrounded by the rim are reflective. When light is emitted into the mouthpiece, the light will be reflected by the reflective rim, the reflective closure and the buccal side of the teeth. Accordingly, the light will be reflected multiple times, which makes the intensity distribution more uniform. Additionally, the mouthpiece may comprise light redirection structures arranged to redirect light rays from light injected into the mouthpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: OLAF THOMAS JOHAN ANTONIE VERMEULEN, NIGEL DAVID YOUNG, PASCAL JEAN HENRI BLOEMEN
  • Publication number: 20200008915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mouthpiece (100) for illumination of teeth, e.g. for teeth whitening. The mouthpiece comprises a slab shaped light guide (203), at least one light source arranged for injecting light into the light guide and an optically transparent element (101) arranged to contact the light guide. The optically transparent element has a lower refractive index than the light guide to enable total internal refection of the injected light. Light is coupled out of the light guide by an out-coupling structure (210) and through a part of the optically transparent part located between the light guide and the buccal side of the teeth to illuminated the teeth with uniform light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: OLAF THOMAS JOHAN ANTONIE VERMEULEN, NIGEL DAVID YOUNG, PASCAL JEAN HENRI BLOEMEN
  • Publication number: 20170231735
    Abstract: Disclosed is a smart lighting system for applying light to teeth in the context of tooth whitening. This particularly concerns teeth that have been provided with a light-curable whitening varnish. The system comprises a light-generating unit, a light-patterning unit, a mouth imaging unit, a mouth image sensing unit, and an image processing and control unit, and is adapted so as to allow the image processing and control unit to adjust the light-patterning unit on the basis of information obtained from the mouth image sensing unit. By doing so, prior to allowing the light-generating unit to emit light, it can be ensured that light emitted to assist tooth whitening, does not affect soft tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: NIGEL DAVID YOUNG
  • Patent number: 9700393
    Abstract: A delivery device (12, 140) includes a source (16) of pressurized fluid and a nozzle (24) which defines an outlet (22). A fluid pathway (20) fluidly connects the source of pressurized fluid with the nozzle outlet (22) for delivery of a spray of fluid from the nozzle outlet. A delivery mechanism (14) releases a dose (48) of particles (28) into the fluid pathway from an associated cartridge (32), such that the dose of the particles is carried by the pressurized fluid through the nozzle outlet in the spray. The particles include a dental care agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: David Andrew Fish, Nigel David Young
  • Patent number: 9468393
    Abstract: The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system (62) or an optical appliance system (27) provides information concerning whether the conductive fiber bristles are adjacent a tooth surface or gum region. The impedance system uses an electrical signal through the fiber to determine the impedance of a circuit which includes the tooth or gum surface, the impedance being different, depending on whether a tooth or gum surface is in the circuit. The optical system generates a light beam which is directed to the mouth surface through a conductive fiber, the color of the returning light indicating whether the surface is a tooth or gum region. If a tooth is determined, the teeth whitening substance is activated at that bristle, while if gum tissue is determined, the teeth whitening substance is not activated at that bristle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: David Andrew Fish, Nigel David Young, Jay Patel, Estelle Julie Dorothee Bernhard-Fichet, Peter Douglas Fairley
  • Publication number: 20160296427
    Abstract: A system for providing an oral care agent includes a first layer containing the oral care agent and a second layer. The first layer can be applied directly to teeth. The second layer can subsequently be applied onto the first layer to inhibit leakage of the oral care agent outwards into the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: NIGEL DAVID YOUNG, JAMES DONALD GWYER, HERMANN CHRISTIAN RECCIUS, ZEYNEP SABAH, VEENA MOHAN, ESTELLE JULIE DOROTHEE BERNARD-FICHET, ANTONIUS WILHELMUS MARIA DE LAAT, JOHAN LUB, NICOLAAS PETRUS WILLARD
  • Publication number: 20150017601
    Abstract: A delivery device (12, 140) includes a source (16) of pressurized fluid and a nozzle (24) which defines an outlet (22). A fluid pathway (20) fluidly connects the source of pressurized fluid with the nozzle outlet (22) for delivery of a spray of fluid from the nozzle outlet. A delivery mechanism (14) releases a dose (48) of particles (28) into the fluid pathway from an associated cart-ridge (32), such that the dose of the particles is carried by the pressurized fluid through the nozzle outlet in the spray. The particles include a dental care agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: David Andrew Fish, Nigel David Young
  • Publication number: 20140315141
    Abstract: The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system (62) or an optical appliance system (27) provides information concerning whether the conductive fiber bristles are adjacent a tooth surface or gum region. The impedance system uses an electrical signal through the fiber to determine the impedance of a circuit which includes the tooth or gum surface, the impedance being different, depending on whether a tooth or gum surface is in the circuit. The optical system generates a light beam which is directed to the mouth surface through a conductive fiber, the color of the returning light indicating whether the surface is a tooth or gum region. If a tooth is determined, the teeth whitening substance is activated at that bristle, while if gum tissue is determined, the teeth whitening substance is not activated at that bristle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: DAVID ANDREW FISH, NIGEL DAVID YOUNG, JAY PATEL, ESTELLE JULIE DOROTHEE BERNHARD-FICHET, PETER DOUGLAS FAIRLEY
  • Publication number: 20140308625
    Abstract: A delivery device (12) includes a source (16) of pressurized fluid, a nozzle (24, 16) which defines an outlet (22), a pathway (20) which fluidly connects the source of pressurized fluid with the nozzle outlet (22) for delivery of a spray of fluid from the nozzle outlet, and a receptacle (32), which receives a dose of particles (28). The receptacle is positioned in the pathway such that the dose of the particles is carried by the pressurized fluid and through the nozzle outlet, the particles including a tooth whitening agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Douglas Fairley, David Andrew Fish, Bart Gottenbos, Nigel David Young, Veena Mohan
  • Patent number: 8801763
    Abstract: The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system (62) or an optical appliance system (27) provides information concerning whether the conductive fiber bristles are adjacent a tooth surface or gum region. The impedance system uses an electrical signal through the fiber to determine the impedance of a circuit which includes the tooth or gum surface, the impedance being different, depending on whether a tooth or gum surface is in the circuit. The optical system generates a light beam which is directed to the mouth surface through a conductive fiber, the color of the returning light indicating whether the surface is a tooth or gum region. If a tooth is determined, the teeth whitening substance is activated at that bristle, while if gum tissue is determined, the teeth whitening substance is not activated at that bristle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: David Andrew Fish, Nigel David Young, Jay Patel, Estelle Julie Dorothee Bernhard-Fichet, Peter Douglas Fairley
  • Patent number: 8581212
    Abstract: The monitoring of UV radiation has received increased attention recently due to the hazards of accelerated skin ageing and even cancer following excessive exposure. Personalized monitoring gives a more accurate reading than crude weather forecasts of the ‘UV index’. This invention answers both these needs in a personal UV monitor that is incorporated into an existing display. Minimal processing changes are made to an existing display in order to achieve this added functionality, which is therefore achieved at little additional cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Nigel David Young, Peter Fairley
  • Patent number: 8399855
    Abstract: A photodiode (200), for instance a PN or a PIN photodiode, is disclosed. The photodiode receives incident radiation having first and second spectral distributions, where the first spectral distribution is spectrally shifted from the second spectral distribution. The photodiode has a first semiconductor layer (211) capable of absorbing incident radiation (231) having a first spectral distribution without generating a photocurrent, while simultaneously transmitting incident radiation having a second spectral distribution to the intrinsic layer (212) for generating a photocurrent (213). The photodiode may be used in connection with detecting the presence of target molecules that has been labeled with labeling agents, such as fluorophores or quantum dots. The labeling agents are characterized by the Stokes shift and, therefore, they emit fluorescent radiation having the second spectral distribution that is spectrally shifted from the illumination radiation having the first spectral distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Jan Van Der Zaag, Ian French, Nigel David Young
  • Publication number: 20120251971
    Abstract: The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system (62) or an optical appliance system (27) provides information concerning whether the conductive fiber bristles are adjacent a tooth surface or gum region. The impedance system uses an electrical signal through the fiber to determine the impedance of a circuit which includes the tooth or gum surface, the impedance being different, depending on whether a tooth or gum surface is in the circuit. The optical system generates a light beam which is directed to the mouth surface through a conductive fiber, the color of the returning light indicating whether the surface is a tooth or gum region. If a tooth is determined, the teeth whitening substance is activated at that bristle, while if gum tissue is determined, the teeth whitening substance is not activated at that bristle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: David Andrew Fish, Nigel David Young, Jay Patel, Estelle Julie Dorothee Bernhard-Fichet, Peter Douglas Fairley
  • Patent number: 8076857
    Abstract: A display device comprises an illumination source (12), a display modulator (10) for modulating the light provided by the illumination source and an integrated light sensor arrangement (14) to detect a light level. Light sensor signals from a plurality of light sensors are processed such that localized shielding of the ambient light at the location of one or more of the light sensors is identified. An accurate estimate of the ambient light level can then be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Nigel David Young