US Patent:
20080234607, Sep 25, 2008
Inventors:
Nicholas Hunter-Jones - Lincoln MA, US
Alexander Isakov - Sudbury MA, US
International Classification:
A61B 5/103
G01M 19/00
Abstract:
A method of measuring a characteristic of a skin, including varying an air pressure in a chamber positioned adjacent to a skin, in which the chamber has an opening that exposes the skin to changes in the air pressure in the chamber. A plurality of measurements of surface profiles of the skin are made over a period of time as the surface profile of the skin varies in response to changes in the air pressure.