US Patent Issued on March 25 for "System and method for optical detection and identification of pathogens in a thin layer of fluid" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,603, issued on March 25.

"System and method for optical detection and identification of pathogens in a thin layer of fluid" was invented by Micha Zimmermann (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for optical detection and identification of pathogens in a thin layer of fluid, are provided herein. The system may include: a consumable part comprising: a fluid reservoir; a pathogen trap in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir; and a base attached to the fluid reservoir; and an electro-optical part comprising: a generally coherent light source for directing a generally a coherent light beam at the flat ...