Michael H. Baym,Roderick A. Hyde,Jordin T. Kare,Eric C. Leuthardt,Gary L. McKnight,Tony S. Pan,Elizabeth A. Sweeney,Clarence T. Tegreene,Lowell L. Wood, JR.
申请号:
US15370668
公开号:
US20170079627A1
申请日:
2016.12.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
Devices and methods for profiling microbiota of skin are described which include a microbe profiling device including a device head and a hand-held housing, the device head including an epidermis-engaging component and an access window and configured to dislodge microbes from a skin surface, and the hand-held housing defining an opening aligned with the access window, the hand-held housing including a motor operably coupled to a motivatable component, a substrate disposed in relation to the motivatable component and including a microbe-capture region, a location-capture component to detect a location of one or more regions of the skin surface as the epidermis-engaging component contacts said one or more regions, at least one sensor component to detect one or more signals emitted or reflected from the microbe-capture region, and a computing component including circuitry to associate the location of said one or more regions of the skin surface and the detected one or more signals.