ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,781, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BRUIN BIOMETRICS LLC (Los Angeles).

"Spectral imaging" was invented by Martin F. Burns (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for evaluating tissue structure in damaged or healing tissue. The present disclosure also provides methods of identifying a patient at the onset of risk of pressure ulcer or at risk of the onset of pressure ulcer, and treating the patient with anatomy-specific clinical interventions selected, based on spectral imaging (SI). The present disclosure also provides methods of stratifying groups of patients based on ri...