ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,608, issued on March 18, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sample acquisition information management device, sample acquisition information management system, and sample acquisition information management method" was invented by Haruyasu Nakatsugawa (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Seiji Yamashita (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Tatsuya Ishizaka (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a sample acquisition information management device, a sample acquisition information management system, and a sample acquisition information management method that allow a subject who is to collect a sample by oneself ...