ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,374, issued on May 6, was assigned to Henry Ford Health System (Detroit).

"System and method for testing the effects of ultraviolet and visible light on skin" was invented by Indermeet Kohli (Westland, Mich.), Iltefat H. Hamzavi (Northville, Mich.), Henry W. Lim (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Angela Miller (Belleville, Mich.), Tasneem Mohammad (Canton, Mich.), Cynthia Nicholson (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Suteeraporn Chaowattanapanit (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for testing an effect of light exposure on a skin sample include a solar simulator arranged to administer a combination of visible ligh...