ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,317, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Vascular imaging device" was invented by Elliot Bentine (Oxford, Great Britain) and Winok Lapidaire (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular imaging device has a casing having a first casing portion (4) and a second casing portion (5). The first casing portion and the second casing portion together define a gap (10) therebetween for receiving an auricle of a subject. The device also includes light source (12) and an image sensor (20) both mounted on the casing. The light source is arranged to transmit light to i...