US Patent Issued to Copan Italia on Nov. 25 for "Support for conserving samples of biological material and method of production thereof" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,961, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Copan Italia S.p.A. (Brescia, Italy).

"Support for conserving samples of biological material and method of production thereof" was invented by Giorgio Martello (Bresci, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support for conserving a sample of biological material comprising at least a substantially rigid body made of moulded plastic material, comprising at least a first through opening and at least a first portion of an absorbent matrix suitable for conserving a sample of biological material, fixed within the first through opening. The first portion of the absorbent matrix has at least a first p...