ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,027, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Alentic Microscience Inc. (Halifax, Canada).
"Bead-based analysis of a sample" was invented by Alan Marc Fine (Prospect, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among other things, two or more different antibodies are caused to bind to one or more units of a chemical component in a sample. Each of the antibodies is attached to one or more beads (e.g., microbeads). The sample is situated on a surface of an image sensor. At the image sensor, light is received originating at a light source that is other than the beads. The received light includes light reflected by, refracted by, or transmitted throug...