ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,643, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL BIOMEDICAL Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Apparatus for treating nail plate or skin using plasma" was invented by Hui-Fang Li (Taipei, Taiwan), Han-Chang Chou (Taipei, Taiwan), Bo-Yi Yu (Taipei, Taiwan), Sheng-Ya Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Xin-Qi Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for treating a nail plate or a skin using plasma is provided. The apparatus comprises a plasma generation assembly, a power supply, and a grounding electrode. The plasma generation assembly comprises a positive electrode module and a curved surface dielectric layer. The p...