ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,678, issued on May 19, was assigned to CLEU DIAGNOSTICS LLC (Ardmore, Pa.).
"Multiplex assay reader and microfluidic test cartridge" was invented by Andrew Fleischman (Philadelphia), Kamyar Ghofrani (Whitby, Canada) and Bayan Mashrequi (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card reading system in which electrical contacts between the assay card and the card reader are made through vertical actuation of a card interface relative to the assay card. In one embodiment, the assay card reading system comprises: (a) a card reader comprising at least one card interface, the card interface having a plurality of card interface contacts; (b) ...