ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,667, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Active energy irradiation device and active energy irradiation system" was invented by Kyoichi Murayama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Keita Umeno (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active energy irradiation device includes: a plurality of active energy irradiation units; an air-cooled heatsink thermally connected to the active energy irradiation units; a housing that houses the active energy irradiation units and the heatsink; an intake unit that introduces air into the housing; an exhaust unit that discharges the air to an outside of the...