ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,455, issued on July 21, was assigned to Zelemiq Life Science Ltd. (Salisbury, Great Britain).

"Methods and apparatus for transdermal measurement of impedance" was invented by Rodney Paul Lane (Salisbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a non-invasive transdermal apparatus for measuring complex impedance of body tissue. The apparatus comprises: at least two electrodes coupled, in use, to the surface of the skin; a signal source to deliver an electrical potential to the electrodes; a monitor to detect changes in the signal passing through body tissue between the electrodes; and a processor ...