US Patent Issued to Zeteo Tech on Nov. 11 for "Diagnosis of tuberculosis and other diseases using exhaled breath" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,910, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Zeteo Tech Inc. (Sykesville, Md.).

"Diagnosis of tuberculosis and other diseases using exhaled breath" 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: "Disclosed are methods and devices for analyzing aerosol particles in exhaled breath using diagnostic tools that enable rapid, low cost and autonomous point of care assays for several diseases including respiratory tract diseases. Disclosed are methods and devices for capturing exhaled breath aerosols in a packed bed column and analyzing exhaled...