US Patent Issued to Trustees of Tufts College on Aug. 5 for "Method and apparatus for spectrophotometry of turbid media" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,251, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for spectrophotometry of turbid media" was invented by Sergio Fantini (Winchester, Mass.), Giles Blaney (Somerville, Mass.) and Angelo Sassaroli (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-calibrating hybrid spectrophotometer comprises a receptacle for receiving the cuvette, first and second optodes that are configured to permit light to enter the cuvette, third and fourth optodes that are configured to permit light to leave the cuvette, and a controller that is configured to control delivery of light to one of the firs...