ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,684, issued on April 14, was assigned to FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA (Barcelona, Spain) and SCRANTON ENTERPRISES (Amsterdam).

"Device for measuring intrinsic autofluorescence of a biological sample and method using thereof" was invented by Denitza Nikolaeva Denkova (Barcelona, Spain), Albert Parra Martinez (Barcelona, Spain), Anna Seriola Petit (Barcelona, Spain) and Samuel Ojosnegros Martos (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring intrinsic autofluorescence of molecules present in a biological sample wherein the device includes: a) a light-sheet, virtual light-sheet or light line d...