US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on May 12 for "Sample collection methods and apparatus for viral load level diagnosis" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,599, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Sample collection methods and apparatus for viral load level diagnosis" was invented by Ali Alshehri (Los Angeles) and Hossein Kavehpour (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods, for detecting a virus contained within human breath or ambient air. The apparatus includes a housing comprising a base and a cover, the base having a sample collection surface, and the cover having a port and substantially enclosing the sample collection surface thereby defining a sample collecti...