ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,787, issued on June 3, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Device for autoclaving and centrifuging a sample" was invented by Yasser Fahad Alrayyes (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Rayan Bakur Alkurdi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Reham Nasser Al Jasser (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for autoclaving and centrifuging a sample includes a main housing having a housing base, an isolation unit above the housing base, and an interior chamber. The isolation unit is defined by an automated pipe system housed within the sidewalls of the housing. The iso...