US Patent Issued to FONDATION INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR on Oct. 28 for "Microsystem label for sample tubes" (Senegalese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,972, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to FONDATION INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR (Dakar, Senegal).

"Microsystem label for sample tubes" was invented by Amadou Alpha Sall (Dakar, Senegal), Cheikh Tidiane Diagne (Dakar, Senegal) and Sidy Ndao (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system which permits securing an electronic label on a test tube. In particular, it refers to an Internet of Things (IoT) based platform for real-time remote sensing and monitoring of specimen transportation and banking. The technology is based on an interconnected smart collecting tubes and transportation box monitored wi...