US Patent Issued to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE on July 1 for "Device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial" (British, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,310, issued on July 1, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial" was invented by Maxime Gaillot (Basel, Switzerland), Roberta Leah (Basel, Switzerland), Declan Reilly (Basel, Switzerland), Thomas Thueer (Basel, Switzerland), Jack Carroll (Bristol, Great Britain), James Coop (Bristol, Great Britain), Edward Sims (Bristol, Great Britain) and Mark Teucher (Bath, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial is disclosed having a dome portion configured to create an air flow when act...