ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,494, issued on Nov. 18.
"Self-contained modular analytical cartridge and programmable reagent delivery system" was invented by Leslie Don Roberts (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular system for constructing a variety of self-contained analytical cartridges enabled to perform a number of symmetrical or asymmetrical tests on a single sample source within a single device. Said cartridges are embodied as a readily reversible assemblage of two or more modules that are, in turn, operable to perform one or more tasks of an analytical test as discrete articles-of-manufacture. A programmable reagent delivery system comp...