ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,237, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Plasma treatment device, irradiation instrument, and irradiation nozzle" was invented by Tatsuya Matsuo (Kyoto, Japan) and Yu Nagahara (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irradiation instrument includes an irradiation nozzle and an irradiation instrument main body. The irradiation instrument main body includes an inner electrode which is configured to apply voltage to a plasma generating gas and includes a plasma generation region for generating plasma. The irradiation nozzle includes a main tube formed of a non-conductive material, and a con...