US Patent Issued to Core Diagnostics on July 14 for "Test cartridge with actuation member" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,784, issued on July 14, was assigned to Core Diagnostics Corp. (Georgetown, Texas).

"Test cartridge with actuation member" was invented by Wilma Mangan (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and systems disclosed herein may relate to a testing cartridge. A system may include, a test cartridge comprising: a body comprising an upper component and a lower component, an inner cavity at least partially enclosed by the body, a sample port disposed in the upper component, a structural member disposed within the upper component relative to the sample port capable of controlling the contact between a sample and the sa...