ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,874, issued on July 22, was assigned to Lumos Health Inc. (Waterloo, Canada).

"Ophthalmic devices for light therapy" was invented by Lucas Wen Tang (Waterloo, Canada), Xin Yao (Nanjing, China) and Wei Zhang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices related to light therapy using ophthalmic lenses are disclosed. In one example aspect, an optical device includes an ophthalmic lens and a frame comprising a frame front configured to support the ophthalmic lens. The frame includes two temples configured to allow a user to wear the optical device. The optical device includes a coating that is deposited in...