ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,187, issued on June 24, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Irradiation device and treatment method" was invented by Mayu Hata (Kanagawa, Japan), Keiko Otsu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoru Suehara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irradiation device and a treatment method capable of effectively irradiating an antibody-photosensitive substance bound to a cell membrane of cervical cancer with near-infrared light. The treatment method for cervical cancer includes: intravenously administering an antibody-light-absorbing substance; inserting a second irradiation device including a second optical fiber from a vagina into a ...