ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,328, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Tasso Inc. (Seattle).

"Methods for delivery of bodily fluids onto a fibrous substrate" was invented by Ben Moga (Soquel, Calif.), Ben Casavant (Seattle) and Erwin Berthier (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to devices, systems and methods for the collection of bodily fluids. The collector can make use of microfluidic networks connected to collection sites on the skin of a subject to gather and shuttle blood into a removable cartridge. The collected fluid is supplied to substrate for drying, storage and transport."

The patent was filed on M...