US Patent Issued to ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 24 for "Direct sample collection pad and method of use for assay diagnosis" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,601, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"Direct sample collection pad and method of use for assay diagnosis" was invented by Mark Fischl (Bethlehem, Pa.), Mark Emrick (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Keith Kardos (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a direct sample collection pad for assay diagnosis of a sample without introducing an additional sampling device into the assay method. This simplifies the system and method of sample collection and assay diagnosis, thus reducing waste and potential for patient irritation or injury during diagnosis."

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