US Patent Issued to Biolux Group on March 18 for "Intra-oral light-therapy apparatuses and methods for their use" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,283, issued on March 18, was assigned to Biolux Group SA (Switzerland).

"Intra-oral light-therapy apparatuses and methods for their use" was invented by Peter Brawn (Vancouver, Canada), Ryan Bredin (Breton, Canada), Timothy G. Shaughnessy (Marietta, Ga.), Kevin Strange (Victoria, Canada), Paul Mathews (Langley, Wash.) and Robert Marsanyi (Clinton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a housing, an emitter, and an electronic circuit. The housing is configured to fit within a patient's mouth. The emitter is at least partially encased within the housing. The emitter is configured to emit an e...