Oral implant system for releasing encapsulated food additives by exposure to energy
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1. An oral implant system, comprising:
- an implant body configured to secure the oral implant system in a consumer'"'"'s mouth;
a sensor embedded within the implant body, the sensor configured to detect a first fluorescent tag associated with a first encapsulated food additive that is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth and a second fluorescent tag associated with a second encapsulated food additive that is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth; and
an activation source physically coupled to the implant body, the activation source configured to emit energy at a first frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose the first encapsulated food additive to the energy at the first frequency to release the first food additive from encapsulation based on the detection of the first fluorescent tag by the sensor that the first encapsulated food additive is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, and the activation source further configured to emit energy at a second frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose the second encapsulated food additive to the energy at the second frequency to release the second food additive from encapsulation based on the detection of the second fluorescent tag by the sensor that the second encapsulated food additive is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, wherein the energy is selected from at least one of ultrasonic energy, electromagnetic energy, or radio frequency energy.
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Abstract
Food additives may be actively released to deliver aromatic compounds to consumers during food or drink consumption. The food additives may be contained within an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer may be configured to release the food additives in response to being exposed to energy provided by an activation source proximate to the food additives. The activation source may be incorporated into, or connected with, an eating utensil or an oral implant. The activation source can be manually controlled by a consumer, can be controlled based on conditions near the food additives, or can be programmed with a release schedule that defines how and when food additives are to be released.
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30 Claims
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1. An oral implant system, comprising:
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an implant body configured to secure the oral implant system in a consumer'"'"'s mouth; a sensor embedded within the implant body, the sensor configured to detect a first fluorescent tag associated with a first encapsulated food additive that is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth and a second fluorescent tag associated with a second encapsulated food additive that is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth; and an activation source physically coupled to the implant body, the activation source configured to emit energy at a first frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose the first encapsulated food additive to the energy at the first frequency to release the first food additive from encapsulation based on the detection of the first fluorescent tag by the sensor that the first encapsulated food additive is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, and the activation source further configured to emit energy at a second frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose the second encapsulated food additive to the energy at the second frequency to release the second food additive from encapsulation based on the detection of the second fluorescent tag by the sensor that the second encapsulated food additive is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, wherein the energy is selected from at least one of ultrasonic energy, electromagnetic energy, or radio frequency energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An oral implant system including a non-transitory, machine readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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accessing a release schedule comprising data identifying a first encapsulated food additive and a second encapsulated food additive, and a time at which to release the first food additive and the second food additive from encapsulation; and initiating an activation source physically coupled with an oral implant system to emit energy at a first frequency in a consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose the first encapsulated food additive to the energy at the first frequency according to the release schedule to release the first food additive from encapsulation based on a detection of a first fluorescent tag associated with the first encapsulated food additive by a sensor comprising a photosource and a detector that the first encapsulated food additive is within a consumer'"'"'s mouth, and further initiating the activation source to emit energy at a second frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose the second encapsulated food additive to the energy at the second frequency according to the release schedule to release the second food additive from encapsulation based on a detection of a second fluorescent tag associated with the second encapsulated food additive by the sensor, wherein the sensor is coupled with the oral implant system, wherein the oral implant system is secured within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, and wherein the energy is selected from at least one of ultrasonic energy, electromagnetic energy, or radio frequency energy. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An oral implant system, comprising:
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an implant body configured to secure the oral implant system in a consumer'"'"'s mouth; and an activation source physically coupled to the implant body, the activation source configured to emit ultrasonic energy at a first frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose a first encapsulated food additive to the ultrasonic energy at the first frequency, the ultrasonic energy at the first frequency configured to release the first food additive from encapsulation based on a detection by a sensor physically coupled to the implant body that a first fluorescent tag associated with the first encapsulated food additive is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, the activation source further configured to emit ultrasonic energy at a second frequency in the consumer'"'"'s mouth to expose a second encapsulated food additive to the ultrasonic energy at the second frequency, the ultrasonic energy at the second frequency configured to release the second food additive from encapsulation based on a detection by the sensor that a second fluorescent tag associated with the second encapsulated food additive is within the consumer'"'"'s mouth, wherein the first and second encapsulated food additives are surrounded by an acoustically reactive encapsulation layer.
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