ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,190, issued on May 27, was assigned to Theralase Technologies Inc. (Toronto).
"Apparatus and method for irradiating inside an object" was invented by Leonid Vesselov (Milton, Canada) and Roger J. Dumoulin-White (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for irradiating inside an object is disclosed, including a lumen having a longitudinal axis; optical fibers within the lumen and aligned with the longitudinal axis; and an illumination member moveable or fixed within the lumen along the longitudinal axis. The apparatus can be used in a method for irradiating inside an object, including the steps of: providing an object havin...