ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,893, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to UV CLINICAL A/S (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).

"Light guiding assembly for light exposure of a medical tube" was invented by Jimmy Bak (Greve, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a light guiding assembly for light exposure of the interior of medical tubes, e.g. for disinfecting said tubes using ultraviolet-C (UVC) light. The light guiding assembly preferably comprises a coupling element, which in the proximal end is connectable to a light source assembly and in the distal end is connectable to a light guiding element. Said light guiding element preferably comprise...