System and method for medical monitoring and treatment through cosmetic monitoring and treatment
CA 2618706 C · Owner: Edgar, Albert D. · Inventors: Yeager, Rick B.; Edgar, Albert D.; Iglehart, David C.
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A system and method that scans areas of a human body to identify unattractive characteristics and make cosmetic enhancements is modified for medical monitoring and optionally for treatment. A 3-D model of the exterior surface of the human body is created, and the scanned data is analyzed by characteristics of reflectance and surface topology to identify unhealthy characteristics. Because people will use a cosmetics system widely and frequently, base lines of patients' conditions can be created through frequent monitoring over a long time period, so that potentially dangerous changes from the base line can identified quickly and reported on. When appropriate precise applications of …
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- Filed August 14, 2006 and granted January 2, 2018. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 2026.
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