ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,078, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Altratech Ltd. (Limerick, Ireland).
"Diagnostic device and system" was invented by Brian O'Farrell (Watergrasshill, Ireland), Cian Desmond O'Sullivan (Limerick, Ireland), John O'Driscoll (Fountainstown, Ireland), Timothy Cummins (Cratloe, Ireland), Paul Free (Haverhill, Great Britain), Moira McCarthy (Kilbrittain, Ireland) and John Walshe (Coachford, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable diagnostic device has a lysate stage (167) with a port for receiving a sample and containing magnetic beads with a probe, and an outlet port. A series of assay stages (161-164) are linked with the l...