ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,521, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Empo Health Inc. (San Bruno, Calif.).

"System to detect foot abnormalities" was invented by Anuj Khandelwal (Palo Alto, Calif.), Eric Dahlseng (San Francisco) and Tyler Bond (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for detecting a foot abnormality includes a platform configured to be stood upon by a user, an imaging device within the platform, and a processor connected to the imaging device. The processor is configured to detect a foot abnormality from images gathered by the imaging device."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/6...