US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on Nov. 4 for "Point of care viral detection system using turbo fluorescence in situ hybridization" (New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,030, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Point of care viral detection system using turbo fluorescence in situ hybridization" was invented by Brenna Singer (Gansevoort, N.Y.), Bridget Bergstrom (Maple Grove, Minn.), Sarah M. Dunbar (Brookhaven, N.Y.), Francheska Torres (Charlton, Mass.), Alana Persing (Allston, Mass.), Kelsey M. Dupont (Revere, Mass.), Timothy Lannin (Hopkinton, Mass.) and Jeffrey Ruberti (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for automated liquid handling and reagent processing to provide labelling and detection of bacteria and viruses are provided. Label...