ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,794, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Instant Systems Inc. (Norfolk, Va.).

"Container for biological materials having multiple sealed portions" was invented by Tara C. Ramsey (Norfolk, Va.) and Uzair Rajput (Norfolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed having a first layer coupled to a second layer via a plurality of seals to define a storage volume that is separable by at least one intermediate seal into a first volume and a second volume. The intermediate seal is applicable after a material is introduced into the storage volume storage. The apparatus includes a first opening into the storage volume and a ...