Saliva testing system

US11690566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MX3 Diagnostics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Efstratios Skafidas · Melbourne, AU
• Chathurika Darshani Abeyrathne · Melbourne, AU
• Gursharan Singh Chana · Birmingham, GB
• Duc Hau Huynh · Melbourne, AU
• Trevor John Kilpatrick · Melbourne, AU
• Alan Dayvault Luther · Edina, US
• Michael Luther · Chester, US
• Phuong Duc Nguyen · Newark, US
• Thanh Cong Nguyen · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/487
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for using saliva to measure at least one substance or physiological parameter of a human or animal subject may involve inserting a first end of a sensor into a handheld saliva testing device. The method may also involve receiving saliva from the subject on a second end of the sensor, moving the saliva from the second end of the sensor to the first end, and processing the saliva with the handheld saliva testing device to provide initial saliva data related to the at least one substance or physiological parameter of the subject. In some embodiments, the sensor remains inserted in the handheld device while the subject deposits saliva on the opposite, free end of the sensor.