US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Aug. 12 for "Methods, systems, and apparatus for modulating or reducing photophobic responses" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,698, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Methods, systems, and apparatus for modulating or reducing photophobic responses" was invented by Steven M. Blair (Salt Lake City) and Bradley Jay Katz (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the...