ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,983, issued on June 17, was assigned to Applied BioPhotonics Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Distributed photobiomodulation therapy system with intelligent LED pad" was invented by Richard K. Williams (Cupertino, Calif.), Keng-Hung Lin (Chupei, Taiwan) and Laura E. Williams (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a photobiomodulation therapy (PBT) process, defined patterns (e.g., sequences of square-wave pulses, sine waves, or combinations thereof) of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) having one or more wavelengths, or spectral bands of wavelengths, are introduced into a living organism (e.g. a human being or animal) using a distribute...