ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,967, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Closed system centrifuge tube for performing sample transfer" was invented by Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Ralf Lenigk (Schnectady, N.Y.), Tejas Suresh Khire (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Tyler Hammond (Amsterdam, N.Y.), Erik Leeming Kvam (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Allison Caron (Burnt Hills, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed system centrifuge tube is described and discussed herein that enables removal of waste and transfer and removal of samples via one or more ports of the centrifuge tube within the closed system, without exposing the ...