ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,339, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea) and KOSIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea).

"Disinfection device based on light in proximity to syringe" was invented by Hyun Wook Kang (Busan, South Korea) and Hyung Shin Lee (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a disinfection device based on light in close proximity to a syringe. A light-based disinfection device of the present disclosure configured to achieve disinfection of a skin tissue by placing light in close ...