US Patent Issued to IDEXX LABORATORIES on Feb. 3 for "Animal cage-sample collection apparatus" (Missouri, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,898, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to IDEXX LABORATORIES INC (Westbrook, Maine).

"Animal cage-sample collection apparatus" was invented by Matthew H. Myles (Moberly, Mo.), Marcus J. Crim (Columbia, Mo.), Robert S. Livingston (Columbia, Mo.), Cynthia L. Besch-Williford (Hallsville, Mo.) and Kristin S. Riley (Cape Elizabeth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for the collection and sampling of agents (including organisms and pathogens) to determine the health of an animal colony. A collection media is configured to collect a sample from a target animal, such as a mouse or rat. The collected sample ma...