US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on March 25 for "Integrated syringe" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,556, issued on March 25, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Integrated syringe" was invented by Brian Kim (Orlando, Fla.) and Geoffrey Mulberry (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relate to a syringe for separating nucleic acids from a blood sample and systems that include the syringe and a portable PCR device. The syringe may include a shell defining a central aperture extending through a longitudinal axis of the syringe, a plunger disposed within the central aperture of the shell, and a core rotatably disposed within the central aperture. The syrin...