ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,261, issued on July 8, was assigned to DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.).
"Smart phone platforms for mobile health" was invented by Tuan Vo-Dinh (Durham, N.C.), Tushar Krishnan (Durham, N.C.) and Hsin-Neng Wang (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic mobile health system for detecting biomarkers comprises an electronic device including an image sensor configured to capture image data, a sample housing configured to removably attach to the electronic device, and a computing device including at least one processor. The sample housing includes a slot to receive a sample container. The sample container received in the slot ...