US Patent Issued to Copan Italia on Aug. 12 for "Device of distribution of impregnated supports and associated method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,930, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Copan Italia S.p.A. (Brescia, Italy).

"Device of distribution of impregnated supports and associated method" was invented by Mario Savarese (Brescia, Italy), Salvatore Balzano (Brescia, Italy), Laura Navarria (Brescia, Italy), Guido Schinetti (Brescia, Italy) and Andrea Bonatti (Brescia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the distribution of supports includes positioning a plurality di tubular containers, each containing a plurality of supports impregnated with antibiotics and stacked, in a corresponding plurality of seats of a dispenser. Extraction of at least a first support fr...