ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,814, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to WearOptimo Pty Ltd (Milton, Australia).
"Actuator system" was invented by Mark A. Kendall (South Brisbane, Australia), Stephen J. Wilson (South Brisbane, Australia) and Anthony M. Brewer (South Brisbane, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for performing measurements on a biological subject includes at least one substrate including a plurality of microstructures configured to breach a stratum corneum of the subject and an actuator configured to apply a force to the substrate to cause the microstructures to at least one of pierce and penetrate the stratum corneum."
The patent was fi...