ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,721, issued on June 17, was assigned to Applied Cells Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"System and method for aseptically transferring fluid" was invented by Yuchen Zhou (San Jose, Calif.), Fengxiang Pang (Qinhuangdao, China), Jinlong Fan (Qinhuangdao, China) and Xinglong Wang (Qinhuangdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for aseptically transferring a liquid substance comprises a sterilized vial filled with the liquid substance and sealed with a sterilized septum; a sterilized fluidic assembly including a piercing member including therein first and second channels and having a tip end that operably punctures the sterilized ...