ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,576, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NEOTERYX LLC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for collecting and isolating substances from fluid samples" was invented by Stuart A. Kushon (Lake Forest, Calif.), Yibo Guo (Torrance, Calif.) and Boy Midas Hernandez Firme (Officer, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are contemplated in which a leading substance may be separated from a lagging substance. A fluid sample comprising the leading substance and the lagging substance can be applied to an absorption substrate through which the leading substance and the lagging substance may diffuse throughout. The absorpt...