US Patent Issued to Duke University on July 28 for "Laser system and methods for cutaneous treatments and surgery" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,300, issued on July 28, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Laser system and methods for cutaneous treatments and surgery" was invented by Jigar Patel (Durham, N.C.), Weston Ross (Durham, N.C.), Matthew Tucker (Durham, N.C.), Guangshen Ma (Durham, N.C.) and Patrick Codd (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser treatment system includes a sensor configured to detect a targeted therapy region. A processing unit is configured to generate a treatment path that consists of sequentially arranged laser spots to enable the treatment path to fully encompass a targeted therapy region to receive laser therapy. A steerin...