ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,102, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Light emitting device; and medical system, electronic apparatus, and inspection method using same" was invented by Takeshi Abe (Osaka, Japan), Shozo Oshio (Osaka, Japan) and Mitsuru Nitta (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device includes a light source configured to emit a primary light, a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light and converts the primary light into a first wavelength-converted light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, and a second phosphor that absorbs th...