US Patent Issued to Abbott Point of Care on July 21 for "Magnetic immunosensor with trench configuration and method of use" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,541, issued on July 21, was assigned to Abbott Point of Care Inc. (Princeton, N.J.).

"Magnetic immunosensor with trench configuration and method of use" was invented by John Lewis Emerson Campbell (Ottawa) and Cary James Miller (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides apparatus and methods for the rapid determination of analytes in liquid samples by immunoassays incorporating magnetic capture of beads on a sensor capable of being used in the point-of-care diagnostic field."

The patent was filed on May 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/804,330.

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