ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,287, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Amulet Inc. (Madison, Wis.).

"Detection device and methods of use thereof" was invented by Srikanth Rao Agnihotra (Tyngsboro, Mass.), Madanodaya Sundhoro (Lowell, Mass.), Brent Amberger (Dracut, Mass.), Abigail Barnes (Madison, Wis.), Joseph Belbruno (Hanover, N.H.), Seung Hyuk Noh (Providence, R.I.), Jeanette Numbers (Providence, R.I.) and Elizabeth Soucy (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the detection of a food allergen includes a sensor having a printed circuit board and a chip comprising a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) and a non-imprinted polymer (NIP); a reservoir ...