ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,444, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Eypex Corp. (Pontiac, Mich.).

"Electronic sanitizing devices and methods" was invented by Peter Forhan (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic sanitizing device includes a germicidal light source and one or both of a red light source or a near infrared light source. The germicidal light source is configured to output germicidal light with a peak wavelength of 250 to 270 nanometers. The red light source is configured to output red light with a peak wavelength of 620 to 700 nanometers. The near infrared light source is configured to output near infrared light with a peak waveleng...