ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,697, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KNOW Bio LLC (Durham, N.C.).
"Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide" was invented by Nathan Stasko (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Nicholas William Medendorp Jr. (Carmel, Ind.), Gerald H. Negley (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Katelyn P. Reighard (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of ...