Patent Document ID: 20100191126
Application ID: 12729129
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. Apparatus for contactless measurement of a volume of a wound on a target body part, said apparatus comprising: a configurable scanner, said configurable scanner comprising: a scan head comprising a line-laser projector and an image capturing device; a scanning mechanism for translating the scan head along a motion path having a configurable radial distance from an imaginary axis; and a positioning mechanism for locating the scan head proximate to the target body part such that the imaginary axis is approximately coincident with an axis of the target body part; and said scanner configured to be controlled by a processor during a scanning procedure, said scanning procedure comprising: operating the scan head so as to project a contour line onto a surface of the target body part; capturing an image with the image capturing device, said image comprising a view of the projected contour line; storing the image; moving the scan head a distance along the motion path and repeating said operating step and said capturing step; storing a plurality of resulting images, each said resulting image comprising a view of a respective projected contour line; and analyzing the plurality of stored images to create a three dimensional model of the wound and determine at least one of depth, perimeter and volume of the wound from the three dimensional model.