ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,931, issued on March 24, was assigned to XMD DIAGNOSTICS INC. (Baltimore).

"Devices and cartridges for extracting bio-sample regions and molecules of interest" was invented by Ting Pau Dei (Califon, N.J.), Stephen W. Ritterbush (Annapolis, Md.) and Benjamin Shapiro (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed invention provides a cartridge, method and cartridge processing systems for molecular tests that include extracting one or more biological materials from a tissue. The cartridge includes a base having a receptacle inside the base, a lid placed over the receptacle, and a gasket in the base. The base includes a transp...