US Patent Issued to AMS-OSRAM on March 24 for "Self-mixing interferometry for absorption or color detection and application in lateral flow testing" (Dutch, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,914, issued on March 24, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM AG (Premstatten, Austria).

"Self-mixing interferometry for absorption or color detection and application in lateral flow testing" was invented by Erik Jan Lous (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Thomas Stockmeier (Premstaetten, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is proposed to use self-mixing interferometry for determining an absorption. The monitoring device for use in lateral flow testing for detecting presence or amount of an analyte in a liquid includes a housing, the housing including a carrier holder for holding a carrier for transport of the liquid; at least a first light so...