US Patent Issued to UNIOGEN on Feb. 18 for "Test strip reader device and a method for detecting a test result" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,743, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to UNIOGEN OY (Turku, Finland).

"Test strip reader device and a method for detecting a test result" was invented by Pauli Salmelainen (Turku, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reader device for detecting a test result from a testing element carrying a sample includes a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation, an optical system for directing the electromagnetic radiation to the testing element, and a detector for receiving electromagnetic radiation from the testing element and for producing a detection signal responsive to the received electromagnetic radiation. The optical s...