ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,933, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Body fluid iron level panel analyzer" was invented by Erica Forzani (Mesa, Ariz.), David Jackemeyer (Tempe, Ariz.) and Michael Serhan (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems and methods of assessing a concentration of iron in a body fluid sample, such as whole blood. Systems include a highly stable, fast reacting, and accurate sensing area of a sensor for contacting with a body fluid sample, wherein upon contact, the body fluid sample causes a color change to the sensor that correlat...