{"number":"US12702865B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Illumination devices for inducing biological effects","english":"Illumination devices for inducing biological effects"},"abstract":{"original":"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.…","english":"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.…"},"applicants":["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"],"filingDate":"2024-05-09","publicationDate":"2026-08-11","grantDate":"2026-08-11","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12702865B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12702865B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12702865B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12702865B2"}}