ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,332, issued on May 13, was assigned to MicroPoint Bioscience Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Micro-assay cartridges" was invented by Yining Shi (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are assay devices, methods and microfluidic cartridges for analysis of fluids, such as whole blood. A fibrinogen assay cartridge is adapted to measure whole blood flow rates on exposure to thrombin and measures hematocrit for a plasma fibrinogen calculation. Multiple channel cartridges are provided to allow determination of multiple assays (e.g., coagulation panel) from a single sample on a single cartridge."
The patent was filed on July ...