ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,354, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KNOW Bio LLC (Durham, N.C.).
"Illumination devices for inducing biological effects" was invented by F. Neal Hunter (Durham, N.C.), Antony Paul van de Ven (Nongkae, Thailand), Nathan Stasko (Chapel Hill, N.C.), David T. Emerson (Durham, N.C.), Michael John Bergmann (Atlanta), Thomas Matthew Womble (Wake Forest, N.C.), Adam Cockrell (Durham, N.C.) and Rebecca McDonald (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Illumination devices for impinging light on tissue, for example within a body cavity of a patient, to induce various biological effects are disclosed. Biological effects may include ...