Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-01
2005-11-01
Farah, A. (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
C606S003000, C607S088000, C607S089000, C607S091000, C128S898000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06960201
ABSTRACT:
A method of prevention and treatment of microbial infections that occur on, or just below, the skin and nails consisting of the application of electromagnetic radiation to an infected area of skin or nails for a time and at a proximity and intensity sufficient to render the microbes substantially inactivated and incapable of reproducing.
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Farah A.
Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees
Quanticum, LLC
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