ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,278, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to BIOFRONTERA PHARMA GMBH (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Illumination for photodynamic therapy" was invented by Hermann Lubbert (Leverkusen, Germany), Ben Novak (Leverkusen, Germany) and Markus Osterloh (Leverkusen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination system (1) for photodynamic therapy is provided, the illumination system comprising an illumination source (2), which is configured to emit an electromagnetic radiation (3) to illuminate a target surface (4) during operation, and an electronic control unit (5), wherein the illumination source is configured such that the intensity of the ...