ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,249, issued on May 13, was assigned to ONDAVIA INC. (Hayward, Calif.).
"Aldehyde detection and analysis using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy" was invented by Mark Charles Peterman (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port and a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port. An optical detection system in the housing is capable of providing an illuminated electric field useful for Raman spectroscopy. The cartridge may have a sample well. The sample well is loaded with a mixture of water containing the analyte,...