ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,436, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Koite Health Oy (Espoo, Finland).
"Method and kit for treating skin infections" was invented by Sakari Nikinmaa (Espoo, Finland), Juha Rantala (Espoo, Finland) and Tommi Patila (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and kit for topical treatment of a skin infection, in particular of superficial skin infections, caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The method comprises the steps of applying a photosensitizer to at least a part of the skin affected by the infection, and subjecting said part of the skin to first photons with a majority energy between 2.8 eV and 3.5 eV at a first energy ...