US Patent Issued on Feb. 17 for "Therapy, treatment, and process for photodynamic inactivation of COVID-19" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,717, issued on Feb. 17.

"Therapy, treatment, and process for photodynamic inactivation of COVID-19" was invented by Hugh McGrath Jr. (Covington, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A therapy, treatment and process for inactivating and/or killing COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) is provided, including a low-dose, full body, Ultraviolet A1 (UV-A1, 360-400 nm) photon therapy, wherein the UV-A1 photon therapy activates singlet oxygen (1O2), which inactivates and/or kills COVID-19. UV-A1 therapy of the present invention can also be used to help alleviate symptoms and secondary illnesses caused by COVID-19. UV-A1 therapy of the present ...