MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073123 A) filed by St. Josephs College Of Engineering; Mr. H. Umesh Prabhu; and J. Jeslin Anista on June 12, 2026, for A Dental Pressure Based Assistive Communication System For Non-Verbal Patients Using Force Sensitive Resistor Input, Morse Code Decoding, And Esp32 Embedded Control.
Inventors include St. Josephs College Of Engineering; Mr. H. Umesh Prabhu; and J. Jeslin Anista.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: Communication is a basic human need. However, individuals with profound motor disabilities from diseases such as ALS, stroke, cerebral palsy or high-level spinal cord injury lose the ability to speak, gesture or type. Resource limited settings lack access to existing assistive communication devices due to their high cost, requirement for large body movements or dependence on complex infrastructure. There are low-cost alternatives such as switch scanning systems but they require some residual hand or foot motor control not available to late-stage patients. Therefore, a low-effort off-line capable communication system that utilises a reliably preserved voluntary motor action, namely jaw bite pressure, to encode and transmit messages at a cost accessible to standard academic and clinical environments, free from specialist hardware, internet connectivity or trained calibration personnel.
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