ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,741, issued on July 15, was assigned to ABC Med Tech Corp. (Golden, Colo.).

"Portable centrifuge device and method of use" was invented by Randall Allard (Golden, Colo.), Polly Allard (Golden, Colo.) and William Bradley Lydens (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable centrifuge having a housing containing a rotational mechanism and a centrifugal container having a longitudinal axis. The rotational mechanism has a circuit including an electrical motor, a switch, and an internal electrical power source. The centrifugal container is operably connected to the rotational mechanism through the housing, and is rotatable about the ...