MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641001528 A) filed by Meenakshi Academy Of Higher Education And Research; and Meenakshi Ammal Dental College And Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 7, for 'dental chair with integrated automated video-based informed consent and documentation system.'
Inventor(s) include Dr Devadharshini Chandrasekar; Dr Burnice Nalina Kumari Chellathurai; Dr. Jaideep Mahendra; and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Rajaram.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an automated video-based informed consent system integrated into a dental chair unit for secure, standardized, and legally verifiable documentation of patient consent in dental and allied medical practices. The system comprises a dental chair incorporating sealed internal conduits housing a high-definition camera and microphone assembly, a touchscreen display unit for presenting standardized multilingual consent information, a patient consent input interface, and a central processing unit with secure data storage. The system is configured to synchronously capture audiovisual interactions between clinician and patient, authenticate patient acknowledgment through biometric, signature, or audiovisual inputs, and securely store the consent record as a single, tamper-resistant digital file. Embedded software applications manage video playback, synchronized recording, authentication, encryption, and data archival in compliance with applicable healthcare data protection regulations. By integrating informed consent capture directly into the dental chair workflow, the invention enhances patient understanding, improves clinical efficiency, and provides reliable, legally admissible documentation of informed consent."
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