ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,914, issued on July 7, was assigned to CYNOSURE LLC (Westford, Mass.).
"Device for real-time non-contact skin temperature measurement" was invented by Mirko Georgiev Mirkov (Chelmsford, Mass.) and James Boll (Montclair, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In part, the disclosure relates to an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) delivery system for non-invasive surface tissue temperature monitoring. The system includes a first source of EMR having a first wavelength range; a second source of EMR having a second wavelength range; and a tissue contacting material comprising a set of wavelength range specific EMR responsive dopants. In variou...