ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,509, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LumiraDx UK Ltd. (London).
"Magnetic assembly for use in a device for conducting assays" was invented by Brian McGuigan (London) and Aman Khan (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic assembly for use in a device for conducting assays is disclosed. The magnetic assembly comprises a pole piece having a longitudinal shaft interposed between at least two magnetic elements, each of the at least two magnetic elements having a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole; the at least two magnetic elements being orientated such that each north magnetic pole or each south magnetic pole is al...