ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,519, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo) and NATIONAL CANCER CENTER (Tokyo).
"Kit, device, and method for detecting bladder cancer" was invented by Makiko Yoshimoto (Kamakura, Japan), Hiroko Sudo (Kamakura, Japan), Satoko Kozono (Kamakura, Japan), Junpei Kawauchi (Kamakura, Japan), Takahiro Ochiya (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Fujimoto (Tokyo), Wataru Usuba (Tokyo) and Juntaro Matsuzaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment according to the present invention provides a kit or device for detection of bladder cancer, and a method for detecting bladder cancer. An embodiment according to the present inventi...