ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,164, issued on June 16, was assigned to Panacea Diagnostics Ltd (London).

"System comprising an apparatus and a cartridge for assay measurement" was invented by Stefan Leo Van Workum (London), Vladimir Alexander Turek (London), Marko Dorrestijn (London) and David R. Klug (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) for detecting the presence and/or the quantity of a target component in a biological fluid in an integrated assay cartridge (52) of predetermined configuration, the assay cartridge comprising a capture component (22) at a predetermined location in the assay cartridge, the apparatus comprising: a detector (12) fo...