ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,442, issued on March 3.

"Non-thermal plasma generator for detection and treatment of maladies" was invented by Bradley N. Eckert (Chandler, Ariz.), Bryon K. Eckert (Chandler, Ariz.) and Huan Truong (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single non-thermal atmospheric plasma generation device is used to detect and analyze vital fields of a living subject to determine the presence of a condition, such as an illness or injury, and responsively modify characteristics of the plasma to treat, heal, or alleviate the condition. The device includes a capacitance dielectric discharge array of plasma emitters, and a controller having...