ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,334, issued on Nov. 11.
"Collector for liquids" was invented by Giorgio Mezzoli (Lugo, Italy) and Maria Rani (Lugo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collector (1) for collecting a liquid resulting from a nasal wash, the collector (1) comprising a funnel-shaped body (10) which terminates in a duct (12) that extends between an inlet (14) and an outlet portion (16) provided with coupling members (160) pre-arranged for coupling in a fluid-tight manner with a test tube (162) through a respective mouth (164); the duct (12) having filtering members (20) for the liquid."
The patent was filed on March 30, 2021, under Application No. 18...