ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,339, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).
"Internal ultraviolet therapy" was invented by Ali Rezaie (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Mark Pimentel (Los Angeles) and Gil Y. Melmed (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems one or more for performing intra-luminal ultraviolet therapy for treating and/or ameliorating a gastrointestinal tract inflammation and/or infection are provided. In one example, a light delivery catheter may include a light emitting portion and non-illuminating portion, wherein the light emitting portion may include one or more UV transparent balloons. In some ...