US Patent Issued to LA TROBE UNIVERSITY on March 18 for "Systems and methods for analyte determination" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,491, issued on March 18, was assigned to LA TROBE UNIVERSITY (Bundoora, Australia).

"Systems and methods for analyte determination" was invented by Conor Hogan (Bundoora, Australia), Darrell Elton (Bundoora, Australia) and Peter O'Conghaile (Bundoora, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are systems and methods for the simple and rapid measurement of an analyte, such as sulphur dioxide, in liquid samples, including beverages such as wine or beer. The systems and methods utilize voltammetry with a particulate carbon or copper electrode, and may be conducted outside of a laboratory in ten to sixty seconds using a small p...