ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,174, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Kurin Inc. (San Diego).

"Non-venting bodily fluid sample optimization device and system" was invented by Bobby E. Rogers (San Diego), Kevin Nason (Chandler, Ariz.), David Karl Stroup (San Diego), David G. Matsuura (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Belinko K. Matsuura (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid sample optimization device for optimizing a fluid sample includes an inlet, an outlet, a sample path connected between the inlet and the outlet, and a contaminant containment reservoir connected between the inlet and the outlet. The contaminant containment reservoir includes an air...