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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Quaerimus Medical Incorporated, Newark, CA (US);
Richard W. O'Connor, Redwood City, CA (US);
Alan D. Baldwin, San Jose, CA (US);
Chwen-Yuan Ku, San Jose, CA (US);
Jivko M. Mihaylov, San Jose, CA (US);
David E. Goodman, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Lester J. Lloyd, Orinda, CA (US);
Joseph A. Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);
QUAERIMUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a device and method for imaging of a human foot including a transmissive sheet with an upper surface configured to accommodate a sole of the foot, a light source positioned below the sheet for emitting light toward the sheet, and an optical path controller in the sheet or coupled to the sheet for altering a path of the light causing internal reflection of the light toward a predetermined region of the foot. The image can be analyzed for a predetermined characteristic associated with a human patient, and determination made whether the characteristic in the image matches the patient. Brightness in the image can be analyzed for tissue moisture information.