ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,584, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Premier Biotech LLC (Minneapolis).
"Assay device and receiving device" was invented by Todd Bailey (Shorewood, Minn.) and Liang Hong (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a device for testing an analyte in a fluid sample and a receiving device for treating the fluid sample, wherein the receiving device is used for receiving an absorbing element; the receiving device comprises a accommodating chamber and the chamber comprises a piercing element that is movable in the chamber, wherein the piercing element has a first position and a second position in the ...