ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,335, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Pthera LLC (Newark, Del.).

"Apparatus and method for irradiating a surface with light" was invented by Luis De Taboada (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jackson Streeter (Newberry, Fla.), Scott Bradley (San Marcos, Calif.), Scott Delapp (San Diego) and Terry McNeill (Ramona, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method is provided for irradiating a portion of a patient's scalp with light. The apparatus includes a source of light including one or more wavelengths in a range of about 630 nanometers to about 1064 nanometers. The apparatus further includes an output optical element in optical ...