ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,975, issued on July 22, was assigned to Alverix Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Distributed network of in-vitro diagnostic devices" was invented by Stephan Hengstler (Campbell, Calif.) and Tong Xie (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed in which a plurality of in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices each include a network communication device for connecting to a publicly accessible data network. For example, IVD devices are provided with a cellular modem for connecting to a public cellular network. These IVD devices connect to the data network upon completion of a diagnostic test, and upload results of the tes...