ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,956, issued on March 31, was assigned to OWEN MUMFORD Ltd. (Woodstock, Great Britain).
"Lateral flow test apparatus" was invented by Matthew David Farmer (Woodstock, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral flow test apparatus comprising a housing and a test strip located within the housing. The apparatus further comprises a capillary tube having first and second ends, the first end configured to receive a fluid sample to be tested, and the second opposed end, the housing and the test strip defining an air gap between said second end and a fluid sample receiving region of said test strip, and a user actuable mechanism ...