US Patent Issued to BIOLYPH on July 8 for "Reagent storage devices and methods for same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,678, issued on July 8, was assigned to BIOLYPH LLC (Chaska, Minn.).

"Reagent storage devices and methods for same" was invented by Timothy E. Pearcy (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Steve Rose (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reagent cartridge includes a cartridge body configured to store a solid reagent, the cartridge body having a reagent well accessible through an access port. A seal plate is proximate the access port, the seal plate extends away from the access port to a seal plate edge remote from the access port. The reagent cartridge includes an isolation envelope surrounding the reagent well. The isolation envelope inclu...