US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Sept. 22 for "Determination of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or other respiratory pathogen in a person" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,214, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Determination of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or other respiratory pathogen in a person" was invented by Christina Maria Zelano (Chicago) and Gregory Lane (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for measuring the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or other respiratory pathogen in a person comprises collecting a sample of condensed exhaled breath from the person and measuring the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or other respiratory pathogen in said sample, thus providing a method for determining whether a person is capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 or other respir...