ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,097, issued on March 4, was assigned to PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea).

"Optical transfer device for tissue treatment" was invented by Hyun Wook Kang (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an optical transfer device for tissue treatment. An optical transfer device of the present disclosure includes an optical probe having a light divergence part at the longitudinal end thereof, and a coating part configured to surround the optical probe, wherein the coating part includes a light diffusion part formed at the end thereof configure...