US Patent Issued to Binx Health on Nov. 11 for "Instrument for performing a diagnostic test on a fluidic cartridge" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,919, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Binx Health Ltd. (Trowbridge, Great Britain).

"Instrument for performing a diagnostic test on a fluidic cartridge" was invented by Ben Arlett (Bristol, Great Britain) and Tom Edwards (Salisbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instrument for performing a diagnostic test on a fluidic cartridge A cartridge reader is for carrying out a diagnostic test on a sample contained in a fluidic cartridge inserted into the reader. The fluidic cartridge comprises a fluidic layer comprising at least one sample processing region, at least one collapsible blister containing a liquid reagent, a pneu...