US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Sept. 16 for "One-step sample extraction cassette and method for point-of-care molecular testing" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,185, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"One-step sample extraction cassette and method for point-of-care molecular testing" was invented by David Beebe (Monona, Wis.), Duane Juang (Madison, Wis.) and Terry Juang (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample extraction cassette and method are provided to test for a target in a sample. The sample is obtained on a swab. The swab is inserted into a chamber in a case and into contact with a contact portion of a membrane. The contact portion of the membrane is axially moved into sequential communication with a wash fluid and...