ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,514, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to A9.com Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for virus detection via fluorescence emission" was invented by Carlos Roberto Resquin (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for virus detection, and related method, employ a fluorescence detection device to capture an image of processed samples irradiated by fluorescence excitation light. A system includes a fluorescence detection device and a computing device. The fluorescence detection device includes an image capture device that captures an image of fluorescence emitted by samples in response to incide...