US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on Sept. 2 for "System and method to induce epigenetic changes to the cells and tissue of the eye and orbit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,311, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"System and method to induce epigenetic changes to the cells and tissue of the eye and orbit" was invented by Mark S. Humayun (Los Angeles), Gianluca Lazzi (Los Angeles), Bodour Salhia (Los Angeles), Manjunath Machnoor (Los Angeles) and Javad Paknahad (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for causing changes to cells or tissue within or adjacent to an eye. The system includes an external RF coil configured to transmit RF signals. The system also includes a wearable device configured to be removably disposed o...