ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,344, issued on Dec. 16.
"Biophotonic materials and uses thereof" was invented by Nikolaos Loupis (Athens, Greece), Remigio Piergallini (Grottammare, Italy) and Eric Desrosiers (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides topical biophotonic materials and methods useful in phototherapy. In particular, the topical biophotonic materials of the present disclosure include a cohesive matrix, and at least one chromophore which can absorb and emit light from within the topical biophotonic material, wherein the topical biophotonic material is elastic. The topical biophotonic materials and the met...