US Patent Issued to Core Diagnostics on Oct. 28 for "Nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,538, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Core Diagnostics Corp. (Georgetown, Texas).

"Nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device" was invented by Wilma Mangan (Santa Clara, Calif.) and John Haughey (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems directed towards a single use nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device comprise a reservoir capable of contracting and expanding in a lineal motion at least one time, a nozzle comprising an at least one orifice at a distal end of the nozzle, a fastener capable of coupling a proximal end of the reservoir with a proximal end of the nozzle, a guard disposed about a portion o...