ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,352, issued on March 25, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati).

"Membrane enhanced sensors" was invented by Jason Charles Heikenfeld (Cincinnati), Yuchan Yuan (Cincinnati), Madeleine Debrosse (Cincinnati) and Michael Charles Brothers (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing device for detecting a characteristic of an analyte in a sample solution and method of making the same is provided. The device includes one or more sensors configured to measure a characteristic of an analyte in a sample. The device further includes a sample solution that contains the analyte and one or more interfering solutes, whe...