US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Nov. 18 for "Blood vessel detection device and method therefor" (South Korean, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,779, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Blood vessel detection device and method therefor" was invented by Atsushi Takamizawa (Hokkaido, Japan), Kazuya Iinaga (Hokkaido, Japan), Ki Young Chang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Joon Hyung Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kak Namkoong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yeol Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Won Jong Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood vessel detection device comprises: a first irradiation unit for irradiating a predetermined site of a subject with light of a first wavelength that is absor...