ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,964, issued on April 1, was assigned to BlueLight Analytics Inc. (Halifax, Canada).

"System and devices for measuring light sources and methods of use thereof" was invented by Derek Leblanc (St. John's, Canada) and Chris Felix (Beaver Bank, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a system and related equipment for the precise measurement of the output characteristic of a light source, e.g., a dental light curing unit (LCU) or light for photodynamic therapy, using a light collector, a light detector, and a computer programmed to deliver the value of the output characteristic of the light source to the user. The sy...