US Patent Issued to The University of British Columbia on March 24 for "Apparatus and methods for detecting and quantifying analytes" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,892, issued on March 24, was assigned to The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).

"Apparatus and methods for detecting and quantifying analytes" was invented by Glenn Martin Sammis (Vancouver, Canada), Daniel L. Bizzotto (North Vancouver, Canada) and Pouya Rezazadeh-Azar (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for rapid detection and quantification of analytes are disclosed. The analytes may be opioids such as fentanyl. The method includes the use of an internal standard. The internal standard is introduced into the unknown sample. The method may involve a separation step prior to an ...