ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,852, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Photocurable reagent(s) for forming chloride ion-selective sensor(s) and methods of production and use thereof" was invented by Kyoung Ha Cha (Wilmington, Del.), Zhu Teng (Garnet Valley, Pa.) and Si Yang (Garnet Valley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved formulation(s), device(s), and method(s) for producing ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) that comprise at least one photo-curable, epoxy-based, ion-selective chloride membrane(s) compounds that can be pre-mixed together to form a singularly-dispensed mixture for the formation of an ...