ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,527, issued on July 29, was assigned to CERNOSTICS INC. (Bethlehem, Pa.).
"Systems and compositions for diagnosing Barrett's esophagus and methods of using the same" was invented by Rebecca Jane Thorne (Pittsburgh) and Bruce B. Campbell (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a system, composition, and methods of using the systems and compositions for the analysis of a sample from a subject to accurately diagnose, prognose, or classify the subject with certain grades of or susceptibility to Barrett's esophagus. In some embodiments, the system of the present invention comprises a means of detecting and/or qua...