ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,858, issued on Dec. 30.
"Methods and apparatus for automatically reading a lateral flow assay" was invented by Gabriel Davis (Aliquippa, Pa.), Jason R. Cox (Ashland, Mass.), Robert Deans (Grafton, Mass.) and Joseph J. Walish (West Roxbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for automatically determining a diagnostic test result from a lateral flow assay are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one image of the lateral flow assay, identifying, with a hardware computer processor, a view window in the at least one image, determining, within the identified view window, a first signal strength for a co...