US Patent Issued to MedicaMetrix on Jan. 20 for "Prostate glove, fingertip optical encoder, connector system, and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,517, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MedicaMetrix Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Prostate glove, fingertip optical encoder, connector system, and related methods" was invented by Joseph James George (Wayland, Mass.) and Christopher Lafarge (Wayland, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein that generally involve measuring a prostate or other object. In some embodiments, a finger clip having a roller ring or wheel rotatably mounted thereto is disposed within an inflatable membrane. The roller ring can include a measurement pattern positioned opposite to optical fibers configured to receive light reflecte...