US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 2 for "Modular assay reader device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,273, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Modular assay reader device" was invented by Tong Xie (San Jose, Calif.), Stephan Hengstler (Campbell, Calif.), Vincent C. Moyer (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Benny Wing Hung Lai (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects relate to systems and usage techniques for modular lateral flow assay reader devices that can receive a number of different modules having a barcode scanning input device and optional network connectivity capabilities. A barcode scanning module can provide a simple input method that reduces errors compared to man...