US Patent Issued to VOC Health on Nov. 4 for "Apparatus and method for measuring volatile organic compounds in a specimen to detect the presence of diseases" (Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,081, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VOC Health Inc. (Miami Beach, Fla.).

"Apparatus and method for measuring volatile organic compounds in a specimen to detect the presence of diseases" was invented by Richard Postrel (Miami Beach, Fla.), Ian Hunter (Lincoln, Mass.), Raymond Catania (Palm Bay, Fla.), Christine Bralich (Satellite Beach, Fla.) and Kenan Dunton (Cocoa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for determining the presence of a disease by analyzing a specimen by providing a vial partially containing the specimen and partially containing a headspace above the specimen, injecting an inert gas into the s...