MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411004742 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on Jan. 23, 2024, for 'food item eating assistive device.'
Inventor(s) include Atul Sharma.
The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A food item eating assistive device, comprising a plate 1 having a first and second portion 2, 3, wherein the first portion 2 is configured with a pair of extendable C-shaped members 4 to accommodate adjacent fingers of user's hand, a camera 5 installed on plate 1 for capturing multiple images of user's fingers, a motorized slider 6 for translating members 4 to allow user to comfortably accommodate members 4 over fingers, an ultrasonic sensor configured with each of members 4 for detecting dimensions of user's fingers, a V-shaped unit 7 constructed with a pair of links utilized by user for gripping snack item to be consumed by user, a tactile sensor configured with one of links for detecting hardness of snack item, an electromagnetic spring 8 to compress for pulling links towards each other and a motorized hinge 9 for providing to-and-fro motion to unit 7."
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