ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,916, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Biological sample processing assemblies and methods" was invented by Manuela Alanis (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Bruno Nicolas Bavaresco Elissetche (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and William Brian Greger (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biological sample processing system assemblies include a swab chamber assembly configured to enhance transfer of a biological sample on a swab head to a resulting biological sample solution for subsequent processing. A swab chamber assembly includes a fluid channel and an elongated swab chamber having a proximal portion...