INTRA-EXTRA ORAL SHOCK-SENSING AND INDICATING SYSTEMS AND OTHER SHOCK-SENSING AND INDICATING SYSTEMS
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Abstract
A mouth guard comprises a base member configured to fit inside the mouth of a user, and at least one shock-sensing and indicating device coupled to the base member. In one exemplary embodiment, the shock-sensing and indicating device is a passive shock-sensing and indicating device that detects a shock substantially along a selected axis with respect to the base member. In another exemplary embodiment, the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a shock substantially along a plurality of selected axes with respect to the base member, each selected axis being substantially orthogonal from another selected axis. The shock-sensing and indicating devices can be configured to detect different levels of shock. In one exemplary embodiment, the shock-sensing and indicating device comprises a multi-component chemical-reaction system, such as a chemi-luminescent reaction system.
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38 Claims
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21. A mouth guard, comprising:
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a base member configured to fit inside the mouth of a user; and at least one non-powered shock-sensing and indicating device coupled to the base member, the at least one non-powered shock-sensing and indicating device comprising at least crushable reservoirs that contain one component of a multi-component chemical reaction system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A mouth guard, comprising:
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a base member configured to fit inside the mouth of a user; and at least one non-powered shock-sensing and indicating device coupled to the base member, the at least one non-powered shock-sensing and indicating device comprises a striker device and a photonic crystal material, the photonic crystal changing an optical property of the photonic crystal material if exposed to a force applied to the photonic crystal by the striker device that destroys at least a portion of a lattice structure of the photonic crystal material. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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