US Patent Issued to University of Maryland, College Park on Feb. 17 for "Sample-to-answer diagnostic system for the detection of circulating histones in whole blood" (District Of Columbia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,149, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Md.).

"Sample-to-answer diagnostic system for the detection of circulating histones in whole blood" was invented by Micaela Everitt (Washington), David Boegner (White Hall, Md.) and Ian M. White (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are liquid and solid assay compositions and portable sample reader devices for use in a sample-to-answer diagnostic system for the detection of one or more analytes, preferably the detection of circulating histones in whole blood. Further provided are methods of making and using the assay composition...