ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,625, issued on June 3, was assigned to RICHARD WOLF GMBH (Knittlingen, Germany).
"Light applicator" was invented by Bernd Claus Weber (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Manfred Wirth (Dresden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light applicator (5) for examining and/or treating an organic body includes a minimal-invasive, rigid, semi-flexible or flexible insertion section (11) which extends along a longitudinal direction (L) and at its distal end includes an LED (19). The light applicator (5) includes a first electrical lead (61a) for the supply of electricity to the LED (19). The lead extends in the insertion section (11) in the longitud...