US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on June 24 for "Blood coagulometer and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,274, issued on June 24, was assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Blood coagulometer and method" was invented by Brijesh S. Gill (Houston), Kevin Aroom (Houston) and Charles Cox Jr. (Bellaire, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for measuring clotting capacity of a patient's blood comprises a probe having a wetted portion, a well to receive a blood sample to contact the wetted portion, a spring element intermediate the wetted portion and a probe support, and a sensor to determine the displacement of the wetted portion resulting from a displacing force imparted to...