ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,693, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Amydis Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Compositions and methods for detection of traumatic brain injury" was invented by Stella Sarraf (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Lyndsay M. Randolph (San Diego) and Suhail Rasool (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for determining whether a patient suffers from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) by detecting the presence of an amyloid beta protein in an eye of the patient. Also provided are compositions and methods for preparing a patient for diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TB)."

The p...