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Systems, methods, and devices for assessing microbiota of skin

  • US 9,557,331 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2013
  • Issued: 01/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for assessing microbiota of skin comprising:

  • a skin-covering material including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the skin-covering material substantially conforming in shape to a topography of a skin surface of an individual and including attached thereto 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 including circuitry to capture at least one image of the inner surface of the skin-covering material, the image including one or more signals emitted from one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes in response to the at least one type of microbe and to transform the captured at least one image into a digital output including information associated with at least one property and a spatial distribution of the imaged one or more signals; and

    a computing device including a processor, the computing device operably coupled to the image-capture device and including circuitry configured toreceive the digital output from the image-capture device including the information associated with the at least one property and the spatial distribution of the imaged one or more signals emitted from the one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes in response to the at least one type of microbe;

    compare the properties of the imaged one or more signals emitted from the one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes in response to the at least one type of microbe with a database of emitted signals of reference signal-generating complexes; and

    generate a digital spatial profile of the at least one type of microbe based on the spatial distribution of the imaged one or more signals emitted from the one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes in response to the at least one type of microbe.

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