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US 12,702,865 B2

Illumination devices for inducing biological effects

US 12,702,865 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-11. Applicant: KNOW Bio, LLC. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
KNOW Bio, LLC
Inventors
F. Neal Hunter; Antony Paul van de Ven; Nathan Stasko; David T. Emerson; Michael John Bergmann; Thomas Matthew Womble; Adam Cockrell; Rebecca McDonald
Publication date
2026-08-11
Filing date
2024-05-09
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,702,865 B2 · US12702865 · 12702865

Abstract

Illumination devices for impinging light on tissue, for example within a body cavity of a patient, to induce various biological effects are disclosed. Biological effects may include at least one of inactivating and/or inhibiting growth of one or more pathogens, upregulating a local immune response, increasing endogenous stores of nitric oxide, releasing nitric oxide from endogenous stores, and inducing an anti-inflammatory effect. Wavelengths of light are selected based on intended biological effects for one or more of targeted tissue types and targeted pathogens.…

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