US Patent Issued to Zeteo Tech on July 7 for "Capturing truncated proteoforms in exhaled breath for diagnosis of tuberculosis" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,795, issued on July 7, was assigned to Zeteo Tech Inc. (Sykesville, Md.).

"Capturing truncated proteoforms in exhaled breath for diagnosis of tuberculosis" was invented by Dapeng Chen (Sykesville, Md.), Wayne A. Bryden (Sykesville, Md.), Michael McLoughlin (Sykesville, Md.), Kiana M. Kiser (Hanover, Md.), Emily R. Caton (Reisterstown, Md.) and Caroline R. Haddaway (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices to capture and analyze aerosolized particles in exhaled air including protein biomarkers and their truncated proteoforms characteristic of tuberculosis to enable rapid detection of diseases. Methods and syste...