US Patent Issued to BIOMERIEUX on June 24 for "Closure element for a microplate well having vents and a slot, and method for the use thereof" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,323, issued on June 24, was assigned to BIOMERIEUX (Marcy l'Etoile, France).

"Closure element for a microplate well having vents and a slot, and method for the use thereof" was invented by Michel Guy (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obturation element (1) for a well receiving a chemical or biological solution to be analyzed, including for each well, a plug (4) including an insertion sleeve (5) in the form of a cylinder provided with two truncated areas (15) arranged in a symmetrically opposite manner on the outside of the sleeve to form vents, this insertion sleeve (5) being provided with a bottom wall (9) in which...