ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,013, issued on April 15, was assigned to BIOFIRE DIGANOSTICS LLC (Salt Lake City).
"Self-contained biological analysis" was invented by Kirk M. Ririe (Salt Lake City), Michael R. Newswander (Hyde Park, Utah), Randy P. Rasmussen (Salt Lake City), Mark A. Poritz (Salt Lake City), Stewart Benjamin Smith (Salt Lake City) and Gary C. Kessler (Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, containers, and methods are provided for performing biological analysis in a closed environment. Illustrative biological analyses include nucleic acid amplification and detection and immuno-PCR."
The patent was filed on June 1, 2023, under Appli...