US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on Oct. 14 for "Personalized integrated mobile exhalation decoder" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,799, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Personalized integrated mobile exhalation decoder" was invented by Masoud Agah (Blacksburg, Va.), Nipun Thamatam (Blacksburg, Va.) and Mustahsin Chowdhury (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breath analyzer apparatus includes a breath sampler and a breath analyzer. The breath sampler can include a microelectromechanical (MEMS) preconcentrator to trap and collect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a subject's breath. The MEMS preconcentrator can have top facing inlets and outlets. The MEMS preconcentrator can be house...