US Patent Issued to INTA on May 20 for "Sensorized device for the analysis of a fluid by means of acoustic waves" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,136, issued on May 20, was assigned to INTA SRL (Pisa, Italy).

"Sensorized device for the analysis of a fluid by means of acoustic waves" was invented by Matteo Agostini (Pisa, Italy) and Marco Cecchini (Calci, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the detection of analytes within a fluid, said method comprising the steps of prearranging a sensorized device (100) comprising at least one SAW sensor (110), said or each SAW sensor (110) comprising a substrate (115) having an outer surface (115'), at least one emitting interdigital transducer (111) and at least one reflector electrode (112). There are then the steps of adsorb...