ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,120, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to VeriSkin Inc. (San Diego).
"Skin perfusion monitoring device" was invented by Mirianas Chachisvilis (San Diego), Carl Frederick Edman (San Diego) and Eugene Tu (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for diagnostic of skin cancer and other mammalian skin tissue pathologies are described. The method relies on determination of pathological changes in tissue vascularization and capillary blood flow. The device uses photonic emitters and detectors to characterize temporal and spatial changes in blood flow in response to external perturbation such as external mechanical force...