ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,754, issued on Aug. 26.
"Tick removal and encapsulation device" was invented by William Tomalinas (Mountain Top, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tick removal and capturing device of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a first end and a second end removably attachable to the first end, with a pivot point attached there-between. A removably attached combination of the first and second ends form a tick removal head and a tick encapsulation chamber, the chamber disposed between the tick removal head and the pivot point. The tick encapsulation chamber is adapted to substantially fully encapsulate a tick therein in the re...