ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,632, issued on May 12.
"Method and system for pressure related skin injury risk assessment and treatment" was invented by Deborah C. Bly (Chesterfield, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system or method for pressure related skin injury risk assessment and treatment including measuring extrinsic and intrinsic pressure on skin of the patient through assigned ratings responsive to the pressure on skin measurement, measuring oxygenation of the patient and assigning a rating responsive to the oxygenation measurement, measuring perfusion of the patient and assigning a rating responsive to the perfusion measurement, summing the pressure o...