ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,295, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HANDYLAB INC. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Integrated apparatus for performing nucleic acid extraction and diagnostic testing on multiple biological samples" was invented by Jeff Williams (Chelsea, Mich.), Kerry Wilson (Elkhart, Ind.) and Kalyan Handique (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein generally relates to systems for extracting polynucleotides from multiple samples, particularly from biological samples, and additionally to systems that subsequently amplify and detect the extracted polynucleotides. The technology more particularly relates to microflu...