ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,492, issued on July 29.
"Advanced cancer detection in urine" was invented by Richard Postrel (Miami Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a process and method for the early detection and diagnosis of disease by reading and decoding volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for signatures associated with a specific disease. Urine is available as a diagnostic sample providing its off gas with VOCs for rapid screening from its outset, each disease begins producing its own unique set of volatile organic compounds. For many diseases, this early-stage detection may be many months or years before noticeable sympt...