ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,446, issued on July 28, was assigned to SMARTCATCH (Toulouse, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE TOULOUSE (Toulouse, France), INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE (Toulouse, France) and UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE III-PAUL SABATIER (Toulouse, France).

"System for capturing and detecting species present in a biological fluid" was invented by Alejandro Kayum Jimenez-Zenteno (Toulouse, France), David Bourrier (Ramonville St Agne, France), Elise Bou (Toulouse, France), Aline Cerf (Saint Orens de Gameville, France), Herve Aubert (Toulouse, France), Christophe Vieu (Auzeville Tolosane, France) and Bernard Malavaud (...