ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,365, issued on June 17, was assigned to KidneyMetrix Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Kits for stabilization of urine samples at room temperature" was invented by Robert Zawada (Redwood City, Calif.), Corinne Mark (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Christopher Goulart (Franklin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed here are kits comprising pre-packed stabilizing solutions for stabilizing combinations of biomarkers demonstrating sufficient accuracy and specificity for identifying kidney injuries. Such kits can be better adapted for sample collection at a subject's dwelling, thus easing the burdensome requirement of continuous moni...