ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,139, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Novilux LLC (Racine, Wis.).

"Highly sensitive system and method for analysis of troponin" was invented by Philippe J. Goix (Piedmont, Calif.), Robert Puskas (Manchester, Mo.), John Todd (Lafayette, Calif.), Richard Livingston (Webster Groves, Mo.), Douglas Held (Ballwin, Mo.) and Allan H. B. Wu (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods, compositions, kits, and systems for the sensitive detection of cardiac troponin. Such methods, compositions, kits, and systems are useful in diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of methods of treatment in conditions tha...