ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,242, issued on June 17, was assigned to DEWACT LABS GMBH (Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany).
"Method and device for discriminating between viral and bacterial infections" was invented by Detlef Jakschies (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a point-of-care assay for detecting and differentiating between viral and bacterial infections, which effectively assists in the rapid differentiation of viral and bacterial infections. More particularly, an immunoassay that rapidly distinguishes between viral and/or bacterial infections is provided, wherein the viral marker is the interferon induced Mx-B protein and ...