US Patent Issued to Aranz Medical on April 8 for "Anatomical surface assessment methods, devices and systems" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,472, issued on April 8, was assigned to Aranz Medical Ltd. (Christchurch, New Zealand).

"Anatomical surface assessment methods, devices and systems" was invented by Oliver John Dickie (Wellington, New Zealand), Philip John Barclay (Christchurch, New Zealand), Brent Stephen Robinson (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Russell William Watson (Christchurch, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assessing a feature on a patient's skin surface includes capturing (i) an image of the patient's skin surface with a camera of a portable capture device and (ii) range information with an auxiliary range measurement device that is at...