ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,997, issued on March 24, was assigned to LUMINULTRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Fredericton, Canada).
"Device for manipulating magnetic beads and assay method" was invented by Neil Christopher Sharma (Gaithersburg, Md.), Noah Chamberlain Todd (Baltimore) and Michael James Witman (Sparks, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various devices are described for separating magnetic beads from a suspension in a tube. The devices allow a magnet to be placed near, or removed from, a cap associated with the tube. Magnetic beads can be attached to the cap by holding the tube such that the suspension flows onto an inner surface of the cap. The cap may be...