ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,888, issued on May 26, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Dual frequency comb portable photoacoustic imaging device for non-invasive medical imaging and associated methods" was invented by Ryadh Zakaria (Waterlooville HANTS, Great Britain), Chad Hoyt (Roseville, Minn.), Manan Atit (Irving, Texas) and Moin Shafai (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a device for non-invasive medical imaging is provided. In some embodiments, the device comprises a photonic integrated circuit scale dual frequency comb (DFC), a hand-held wand, and at le...