ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,243, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Biological fluid collection device and collection module" was invented by Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, N.J.) and Adam Edelhauser (Kinnelon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biological fluid collection device that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample a...