ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,411, issued on July 22, was assigned to Zeteo Tech Inc. (Sykesville, Md.).
"Diagnosis of respiratory diseases using analysis of exhaled breath and aerosols" was invented by Dapeng Chen (Sykesville, Md.), Wayne A. Bryden (Sykesville, Md.) and Michael McLoughlin (Sykesville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for analyzing non-volatile organics in exhaled breath and other aerosols using various diagnostic tools that enable rapid, low-cost point of care assays for several diseases including respiratory tract diseases such as COVID-19. The disclosed methods and systems selectively capture non-volatile organics in exha...