ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,191, issued on May 27, was assigned to CYNOSURE LLC (Westford, Mass.).

"System and methods of unattended treatment" was invented by James Boll (Auburndale, Mass.), Rafael Armando Sierra (Westford, Mass.), Elizabeth Kneen Winter (Somerville, Mass.), Allan Cameron (South Natick, Mass.), Adrian Mark West (Newton, Mass.), Kevin Young (Needham, Mass.) and Bo Chen (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with various aspects of the present teachings, systems and methods for applying treatment energy, e.g., electromagnetic radiation such as laser radiation in the visible and near infrared wavelengths, to body area...