ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,241, issued on Nov. 3.

"Photonic treatment and diagnostic systems and methods" was invented by Brian Faircloth (Evergreen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary photonic treatment systems and methods involve placing a fiber optic, optionally coupled with an absorber mechanism or scatterer mechanism, within a tumor or other diseased tissue of a patient, and delivering photonic energy to the tumor or diseased tissue via the fiber optic."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/473,352.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parse...