ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,600, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pa.).

"Rapid and sensitive detection of viral particles by coupling redox cycling and electrophoretic enrichment" was invented by Derrick James Butler (State College, Pa.) and Aida Ebrahimi (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a biosensor. The biosensor includes an electrochemical system having a generator electrode, a collector electrode, and electrolyte. The generator electrode includes a particle capture region having an aspect ratio that is greater than 1. The particle capture region is a portion of the...