ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,464, issued on June 30, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Modularized inexpensive detection of cerebral spinal fluid for medical applications" was invented by Marino Leon (Gainesville, Fla.), Brian C. Lobo (Gainesville, Fla.), Stephen J. Pearton (Gainesville, Fla.), Fan Ren (Gainesville, Fla.) and Yu-Te Liao (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples are provided for disposable medical sensors that can be used for the detection of cerebral spinal fluid. In one example, a medical sensing system includes a disposable sensing unit comprising a functionalized s...