US Patent Issued to SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE on April 7 for "At-home kit for prostate cancer screening and other diseases" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,558, issued on April 7, was assigned to SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Toronto).

"At-home kit for prostate cancer screening and other diseases" was invented by Hon S. Leong (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thus, the present disclosure provides a kit for collection of biofluids and preservation of any DNA and/or RNA contained in said biofluid. The kit includes a wipe composed of fibers for absorbing a preselected biofluid, the wipe being impregnated with one or more skin-friendly chemicals for preservation of the biofluid absorbed into the wipe. The kit includes a rigid re-scalable tube configured to contain the impregnated wip...