ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,793, issued on July 14, was assigned to GUANGZHOU WONDFO BIOTECH Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China).

"Cartridge and testing device" was invented by Zhe Mei (Guangzhou, China), Chuhao Jia (Guangzhou, China) and Tong Zhang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of biomedical technology and discloses a cartridge and a testing device. The cartridge comprises a sample lysis compartment, a first sample mixing compartment and a first PCR compartment; a first valve is disposed between the sample lysis compartment and the first sample mixing compartment, the first valve controls the flowing or blo...