ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,490, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ASPIDA DX INC. (Horsham, Pa.).

"Optical reader for analyte testing" was invented by Ashutosh Shastry (Santa Clara, Calif.), David Piehler (Los Gatos, Calif.), Hardeep Sanghera (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Gluzczack (Los Gatos, Calif.), Pranav Chopra (Los Gatos, Calif.), Yun-Pei Chang (Arcadia, Calif.) and Ameya Kantak (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyte collection and testing systems and methods, and more particularly to disposable oral fluid collection and testing systems and methods. Described herein are methods and apparatuses to achieve significant improvements in the...