US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on Sept. 30 for "Integrated device for self-collecting and automated pre-processing of biological fluids" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,815, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Integrated device for self-collecting and automated pre-processing of biological fluids" was invented by Frederic Zenhausern (Phoenix), Jian Gu (Phoenix) and Alan Nordquist (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an integrated sample collection device for self-collection and analytical pre-processing of a fluid sample, such as a blood sample from a user. A housing is configured to be held by a user, such as a single hand of a user. A contact-activated penetrating member is disposed at least partially...