US Patent Issued to ZUKO on June 17 for "Light therapy wearable with jacketed side-emitting optical fiber" (New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,984, issued on June 17, was assigned to ZUKO INC. (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

"Light therapy wearable with jacketed side-emitting optical fiber" was invented by Jay Tapper (Wayne, Pa.), Daniel Bish (New York), Daniel Shuter (New York) and Kristien Del Ferraro (Stamford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light therapy wearable includes a fabric panel and a side-emitting light tube affixed to or held against the fabric panel. The side-emitting optical light tube includes a side-emitting optical fiber and a jacket surrounding the side-emitting optical fiber. The side-emitting optical fiber includes a core and cladding surrounding the core. T...