ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,872, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ancestry.com DNA LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Sample collection device and method" was invented by Travis Sessions (Cedar Hills, Utah), Aaron Devore (Lehi, Utah) and Dan H. O'Neill (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present description relates to a sample collection device comprising a receptacle and a closure member configured to seal the receptacle. Within the closure member is provided a reservoir configured to contain a stabilization fluid capable of preserving and stabilizing a collected sample. The reservoir includes an outlet which is sealed by a sealing member. The sealing member ma...