US Patent Issued to QuinTron Instrument on Sept. 1 for "Apparatus and methods for viral and bacterial breath collection" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,543, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to QuinTron Instrument Co. Inc. (New Berlin, Wis.).

"Apparatus and methods for viral and bacterial breath collection" was invented by Eric L. Hamilton (New Berlin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Breath is used to detect the presence of absence of viruses or bacteria in a test subject. A series of devices can be used to collect a breath specimen. The breath specimen is either passed through a liquid or mixed with a liquid, the liquid capturing the viruses or bacteria contained in the breath. Alternatively, the breath specimen passes a filter medium, and the filter medium captures the viruses o...