ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,509, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AweXome Ray Inc. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Treatment apparatus and method for treating, inhibiting and preventing inflammatory disease by using electromagnetic wave" was invented by Keun Soo Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Se Hoon Gihm (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hong Soo Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Kang Pa Lee (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Su Ji Baek (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus for treating, inhibiting, or preventing an inflammatory disease of an object, an operating method thereof, and a method for treating, inhibiting, or preventing...