Uqikelelo lwamaxabiso etranos lufikelele kwi-9 yezigidi zeedola kwincopho yayo.Lisa Lake / Getty Izithombe U-Elizabeth Holmes uqalisa ukuvavanywa kwegazi u-Theranos, owake wanconywa njengobungqina bokwenyani kukhathalelo lwempilo ngoxabiso oluphezulu lwe-9 yezigidigidi zeedola, wavala cwaka ngo-Septemba ophelileyo xa itekhnoloji yayo yaphoswa emva kweminyaka yobuqhetseba kunye nentengiso engeyonyani. Kodwa inkampani engasasebenziyo ayifanga ngokupheleleyo, kubonakala ngathi, njengoko urhulumente wobumbano eqhubeka nokusayina izicelo zakhe zamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza ezinxulumene netekhnoloji yokuvavanya igazi.
Kwi-2019 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iTranos inikwe amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza amahlanu, ngokwenkampani yabucala yophando kwimakethi Ukuqonda kwe-CB . Zonke ezi patent zafakwa phakathi kwe-2015 kunye ne-2016, malunga nexesha apho imibuzo kwitekhnoloji yokuvavanya igazi yeTranos yaqala ukuvela.
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Amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza asandula ukuvunywa (ngo-Epreli) achaze inkqubo ejolise ekuphuculeni kuqokelelo oluqhelekileyo kunye neendlela zokuvavanya iisampulu zolwelo lomzimba kunye nokuhanjiswa kweesampulu. Ngamazwi alula, itekhnoloji enelungelo elilodwa lomenzi iya kwenza ukuqokelelwa kwegazi elincinci kunokuba kuvunyelwe ziindlela zangoku zokuvavanya.
Ukongeza, isibini samalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza anikezelwe ngo-Matshi sichaze inkqubo esebenzisa itekhnoloji yoonyana (ukusebenzisa amandla esandi ukuphazamisa amasuntswana) ukukhupha nokuphazamisa amasuntswana ahlukeneyo kwisampulu yegazi.
Ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza lanikezelwa ngendlela ejolise ekukhawuleziseni inkqubo yokulinganisa inqanaba lentlenga ezibomvu zeeseli zegazi. Lo mlinganiselo, uthabathe iyure enye ngokusebenza ngeendlela eziqhelekileyo, luvavanyo oluqhelekileyo lwehematology kunye nomlinganiso ongacacanga wokudumba.
Ezi patent zintlanu zongezwa kwipotifoliyo kaTherano ngaphezulu kwamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza e-70 ayifumene ukusukela ngo-2003, unyaka wokusekwa kwayo. Phakathi kwe-debunking yesikimu sobuqhetseba seTherranos ngo-2015 nango-2016, abanye abagxeki babiza i-Patent yase-US kunye ne-Ofisi yoRhwebo (i-USPTO), iarhente yomanyano ephonononga izicelo zamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza, ngokuxhasa ngabom itekhnoloji ethandabuzekayo yenkampani.
[UElizabeth Holmes ’] omtsha-anelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza-lifuna ukuba isiguli sinikezele ngethontsi nje legazi, kwaye eso sampuli sincinci emva koko sisetyenziselwa amalinge amaninzi. Akumangalisi ukuba inkampani ayisekeleyo kule teknoloji iyachuma, owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-USPTO uMichelle K. Lee yatsho ngexesha lentetho yoluntu eBeijing, China ngoMeyi 2015.
Kwiinyanga ezintlanu kamva, kwaqhushumba ibhombu Ijenali yeWall Street phendulaU-orter John Carreyrou wabuza esidlangalaleni ukuchaneka kweziphumo zovavanyo lwegazi zikaTherano, ezathi emva koko zabhengeza uphando lwe-SEC kwinkampani naseHolmes. UCarryrou kamva wachaza uphando olwathatha iinyanga ezininzi kwiTranos kwivenkile yakhe ye-2018, Igazi elibi: Iimfihlo kunye nokuxoka kwisiqalo seSilicon Valley .
U-Lee washiya isikhundla sakhe se-USPTO ngoJuni 2017 ngezizathu ezingachazwanga kwaye waphumelela ngu-Andrei Iancu, owayengummeli wepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda, kwiinyanga ezimbini kamva.
I-USPTO ayiphendulanga kwisicelo soMqwalaseli sokubeka izimvo malunga nelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza elisandula ukwamkelwa.
