US Patent Issued to DUKE UNIVERSITY on June 24 for "Excreta sampling toilet and inline specimen analysis system and method" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,200, issued on June 24, was assigned to DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.).

"Excreta sampling toilet and inline specimen analysis system and method" was invented by Sonia Grego (Durham, N.C.), Brian T. Hawkins (Durham, N.C.), Katelyn L Sellgren (Durham, N.C.) and Brian R. Stoner (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An excreta sample capture device includes a primary influent pipe that receives influent from a toilet(s) and includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The excreta sample capture device also includes a first valve positioned at the downstream end of the primary influent pipe, and a second valve positioned between ...