ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,110, issued on Sept. 23.

"Methods and systems for modulating cellular activation" was invented by Bozhi Tian (Chicago), Menahem Rotenberg (Chicago) and Aleksander Prominski (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods for modulating activity of cells and tissue with materials that are capable of being activated by light, such methods useful for treating diseases. The disclosure also provides devices and systems suitable for use in such methods, particularly devices and systems having oxygen plasma-treated p-type (boron) silicon."

The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2020, under Application No. 17/768,329....