ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,260, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Aethlon Medical Inc. (San Diego).

"Devices and methods for treating a coronavirus infection and symptoms thereof" was invented by Charles J. Fisher Jr. (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.), Rosalia De Necochea Campion (Oceanside, Calif.), Steven P. Larosa (South Hamilton, Mass.), Annette Marleau (San Diego) and Michael Jacobs (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The devices and methods of the present invention can be used to capture and remove COVID-19 mediating nanoparticles and/or exosomes associated with COVID-19 or similar disease from the circulatory system of patients in need thereof, inclu...