ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,988, issued on March 25, was assigned to Focuslight Technologies Inc. (Xi'an, China).

"Semiconductor laser module and method for application in noninvasive medical treatment" was invented by Mingang Mu (Xi'an, China), Kai Yang (Xi'an, China), Qiang Wang (Xi'an, China), Lei Cai (Xi'an, China), Jianfei Mu (Xi'an, China), Xuejie Liang (Xi'an, China), Xiaorong Xing (Xi'an, China) and Xingsheng Liu (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a semiconductor laser module and a method for application in noninvasive medical treatment. The module comprises a direct-output type semiconductor laser light source ...