ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,526, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Delta Electronics Inc. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Sample collection device" was invented by Song-Bin Huang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Jing Geng (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Quanke Long (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Xiaozhi Zhao (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Hsiu-Hui Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample collection device includes a tube, a closure and a partitioning member. The tube includes an opening and is used to receive a sampling swab. The closure is engaged with the tube for enclosing the opening. The partitioning member is disposed in the tube and includes a blocking portion and a position-limiting port...