ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,171, issued on June 2, was assigned to Aranz Medical Ltd. (Christchurch, New Zealand).

"Automated or partially automated anatomical surface assessment methods, devices and systems" was invented by Brent Stephen Robinson (Mount Pleasant, New Zealand), Bruce Leslie Keith Davey (Christchurch, New Zealand), Philip John Barclay (Westmorland, New Zealand) and Rachel Anne Johnston (Avonhead, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for assessing anatomical surface features are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of assessing a surface feature on a patient's skin surface includes (i) capturing one or...