ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,633, issued on May 27, was assigned to MICROBS SAS (Rennes, France).
"Functionalized glass beads, use thereof for capturing microorganisms, and corresponding devices" was invented by Wilfried Ablain (Rennes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Glass beads which are functionalized by lysine or polylysine adsorbed on their surface, a device that includes a container that contains glass beads which are functionalized by lysine or polylysine adsorbed on their surface, and their use for capturing microorganisms. Also the diagnostic, elimination or reduction of the load of microorganisms of liquid or viscous samples in which microorganis...