US Patent Issued to National Institute for Materials Science on July 28 for "In vitro diagnosis method for periodontal diseases, and Pg bacterium detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,259, issued on July 28, was assigned to National Institute for Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan).

"In vitro diagnosis method for periodontal diseases, and Pg bacterium detection method" was invented by Akihiro Okamoto (Tsukuba, Japan) and Divya Naradasu (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The in vitro diagnostic method for periodontal disease of the present invention includes bringing a sample derived from an oral cavity of a subject into contact with an electrode to perform electrochemical measurement in the presence of a glucogenic amino acid and an electron mediator under an anaerobic environment and providing informat...