MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517034865 A) filed by Tsubota Laboratory Inc., Tokyo, on April 9, for 'method for treating and inhibiting progress of retinal degeneration using violet light and device used in said method.'

Inventor(s) include Tsubota Kazuo; Ban Norimitsu; and Kurihara Toshihide.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a method for treating age related macular degeneration or retinal degeneration such as hereditary retinal degeneration by photic stimulation in which light in a specific wavelength range such as violet ligh...