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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Renton, WA (US);
Michael H. Baym, Cambridge, MA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gary L. McKnight, Bothell, WA (US);
Tony S. Pan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Katherine E. Sharadin, Redmond, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for assessing microbiota of skin are described, including: a skin-covering material including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface substantially conforming to a topography of a skin surface of an individual and including a plurality of signal-generating complexes, one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes configured to emit one or more signals in response to at least one type of microbe; an image capture device to capture an image of the inner surface of the skin-covering material, the image including one or more signals emitted from the plurality of signal-generating complexes, and to transform the image into a digital output; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive the digital output, compare the properties of the imaged one or more signals with a database of reference signal-generating complexes, and generate a digital spatial profile of microbes on the skin-covering material.