US Patent Issued to OncoRes Medical on March 18 for "Optical palpation device and method for evaluating a mechanical property of a sample material" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,351, issued on March 18, was assigned to OncoRes Medical Pty Ltd (Nedlands, Australia).

"Optical palpation device and method for evaluating a mechanical property of a sample material" was invented by Brendan Francis Kennedy (Walliston, Australia), Qi Fang (Claremont, Australia) and Rowan William Sanderson (Subiaco, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an optical palpation device for evaluating a mechanical property of a sample material. The device comprises a body having a sensing portion and a sensing layer positioned at the sensing portion of the body and having a sensing surface positioned for ...