US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Feb. 10 for "Development of a photobleaching device and uses thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,719, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Development of a photobleaching device and uses thereof" was invented by Harry S. Nick (Gainesville, Fla.), Clive H. Wasserfall (Gainesville, Fla.), Seth W. Currlin (Gainesville, Fla.), Jerelyn A. Nick (Gainesville, Fla.) and Andrew J. Nick (Merritt Island, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Autofluorescence is the inherent emission of light from cells or tissues that occurs when biological samples are exposed to different wavelengths of excitation light. Tissue autofluorescence is usually ascribed to biological components su...