US Patent Issued to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University on July 14 for "Fluorescence immunoassay device based on integration of photonic crystal and magnetic beads" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,958, issued on July 14, was assigned to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Fluorescence immunoassay device based on integration of photonic crystal and magnetic beads" was invented by Cheng-Sheng Huang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Wen-Syang Hsu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Lin-Yun Su (Taichung City, Taiwan), Ying-Bin Wang (Yunlin County, Taiwan) and Yang Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorescence immunoassay device based on integration of a photonic crystal and magnetic beads and a method thereof are provided. Magnetic beads with high surface-to-volume ratio are used as carriers of flu...