US Patent Issued to Aranz Medical on Feb. 17 for "Handheld skin measuring or monitoring device" (New Zealander, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,109, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Aranz Medical Ltd. (Christchurch, New Zealand).

"Handheld skin measuring or monitoring device" was invented by William Richard Fright (Christchurch, New Zealand), Brent Stephen Robinson (Christchurch, New Zealand), Shane Robert Goodwin (Christchurch, New Zealand), Bruce Clinton McCallum (Little River, Switzerland) and Philip John Barclay (Christchurch, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld skin monitoring or measuring device includes a camera having a camera optical axis; and a structured light arrangement configured to project three or more laser fan beams such that the laser f...