US Patent Issued to 2Pi-Sigma on June 24 for "Lateral flow assay housing with integrated sample and buffer solution delivery and measurement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,278, issued on June 24, was assigned to 2Pi-Sigma Corp. (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Lateral flow assay housing with integrated sample and buffer solution delivery and measurement" was invented by Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Mehrtash Ghalebi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral flow assay (LFA) device includes a capillary pad and a sample port that holds the sample fluid before a hole is made in a cavity surface of the sample port. The LFA device includes a breaker with a tip to make a hole in the cavity wall of the sample port causing the sample fluid held inside the compartment to be applied to the c...