ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,831, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ojai Retinal Technology LLC (Los Angeles).

"System and process of utilizing light energy for treating biological tissue" was invented by Jeffrey K. Luttrull (Los Angeles), David B. Chang (Tustin, Calif.) and Benjamin W.L. Margolis (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for heat treating biological tissue includes providing a plurality of energy emitters formed into an array. Treatment energy in the form of light beams is generated from the plurality of emitters and applied to target tissue. The treatment energy has energy and application parameters selected so as to raise t...