ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,884, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Gampak Ltd (Hyde, Great Britain).
"Lateral flow test kits" was invented by Michal Uhman (Ascot, Great Britain), Felix Benjamin Reid (Crondall, Great Britain), Thomas David Milnes (London) and Gavin John Scott (Poynton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral flow test kit includes a cassette and a swab. The cassette comprises a vial of liquid closed by seal; a test strip; a passage leading from the exterior of the cassette to the vial; and a conduit communicating between the vial and the test strip. The swab can be inserted along the passage to cause a tip of the swab to enter th...