MUMBAI, India, Nov. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641126545 A) filed by Manipal Academy Of Higher Education on October 23, 2026, for A System And Method For Determining Presence Of A Toxicant In A Drop Of Blood.

Inventors include Mayur Sudhir Balbudhe; B Suresh Kumar Shetty; Adithi Shetty; Sridevi H B; Saroj Prasad Babar; and Sheetal Dinkar Ullal.

The application for the patent was published on November 13, 2026, under issue no. 46/2026.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system (200) and a method (300) for determining presence of a toxicant in a drop of blood. The method involves acquiring, by a digital microscope (207), photomicrographs of the drop of blood at specific time intervals ...