US Patent Issued to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on July 7 for "Internal ultraviolet therapy" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,216, issued on July 7, was assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).

"Internal ultraviolet therapy" was invented by Ali Rezaie (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Mark Pimentel (Los Angeles), Gil Y. Melmed (Los Angeles), Ruchi Mathur (Los Angeles) and Gabriela Guimaraes Sousa Leite (Porter Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A UV light delivery device for performing intra-corporeal ultraviolet therapy is provided. The device includes an elongated body separated by a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes a UV light source configured to be received at the receiving space. In some examples, the UV light sourc...