<story><title>Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/firm-uses-theranos-patents-to-sue-company-making-coronavirus-test/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TheFiend7</author><text>Unbelievable. This was the patent they were able to get. It comes with graphs describing an &amp;quot;architecture&amp;quot; of their &amp;quot;unique&amp;quot; medical device.&lt;p&gt;Patent #8,283,155
&amp;quot;Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;and is described as by the article&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This patent describes a generic architecture for a machine that automates testing for the presence of substances in bodily fluids. In the system described by the patent, an operator inserts a &amp;quot;test device&amp;quot; (which contains both the bodily fluid to be tested and the reactants required to perform the test) into a &amp;quot;reader device.&amp;quot; The reader device then triggers the necessary chemical reactions to perform the test and reports the results. Theranos&amp;#x27; patent isn&amp;#x27;t limited to any specific bodily fluid, reactants, or testing protocol.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>remmargorp64</author><text>How in the world does that patent not conflict with every single existing blood test glucose meter currently on the market already?</text></comment>
<story><title>Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/firm-uses-theranos-patents-to-sue-company-making-coronavirus-test/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TheFiend7</author><text>Unbelievable. This was the patent they were able to get. It comes with graphs describing an &amp;quot;architecture&amp;quot; of their &amp;quot;unique&amp;quot; medical device.&lt;p&gt;Patent #8,283,155
&amp;quot;Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;and is described as by the article&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This patent describes a generic architecture for a machine that automates testing for the presence of substances in bodily fluids. In the system described by the patent, an operator inserts a &amp;quot;test device&amp;quot; (which contains both the bodily fluid to be tested and the reactants required to perform the test) into a &amp;quot;reader device.&amp;quot; The reader device then triggers the necessary chemical reactions to perform the test and reports the results. Theranos&amp;#x27; patent isn&amp;#x27;t limited to any specific bodily fluid, reactants, or testing protocol.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_bxg1</author><text>Be right back, going to file a patent for a warp drive. If anybody ever gets that working I&amp;#x27;ll be rich!</text></comment>