US Patent Issued on Nov. 3 for "Method and apparatus for assisting dermatological diagnosis" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,490, issued on Nov. 3.

"Method and apparatus for assisting dermatological diagnosis" was invented by Jurgen R. Ihns (Gulf Breeze, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (100) for assisting diagnosis of a dermatological phenomenon (12) includes a variable wavelength light source (110). A camera (120) captures images of the dermatological phenomenon (12). A computer (130) controls the variable wave-length light source (110) and the camera (120). The computer (130) is programmed to: cause the light source (110) to illuminate the dermatological phenomenon with different wavelengths each at different times; capture an image of th...