US Patent Issued to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY on May 26 for "Fluorescent opioid binding compound and uses thereof" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,612, issued on May 26, was assigned to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY.

"Fluorescent opioid binding compound and uses thereof" was invented by Lance Allen Liotta (Fairfax, Va.), Yali Kong (Fairfax, Va.), Alessandra Kunkel Luchini (Fairfax, Va.), Amanda Haymond Still (Fairfax, Va.), Marissa Howard (Fairfax, Va.) and Ali Andalibi (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a method comprising: adding a composition comprising a photochromic dye to a sample having an opioid compound to form a reacted product; illuminating an electromagnetic ray having a wavelength between about 100 nm to about 600 nm on the photochromic dye; an...