US Patent Issued to University of Ulster on Dec. 9 for "Lateral flow immunoassay device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,032, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to University of Ulster (Coleraine, Great Britain).

"Lateral flow immunoassay device" was invented by Sam Fishlock (Coleraine, Great Britain), David Steele (Coleraine, Great Britain) and James McLaughlin (Coleraine, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral flow immunoassay device includes a porous test strip, a sampling channel having an inlet at a first end to receive a biomarker and an outlet at a second end, opposite the first end, the outlet communicating with the test strip. The sampling channel has an air vent opening at or adjacent the second end thereof, and a diluent reservoir...