ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,830, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LEADWAY (HK) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Sampling device and detection box" was invented by Tao Shang (Zhejiang, China), Jianliang Ni (Zhejiang, China), Tenglong Bai (Zhejiang, China), Fangfang Tian (Zhejiang, China), Juan Cui (Zhejiang, China), Guo Yang (Zhejiang, China) and Linyong Tang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampling device comprises a handle and a collector. The collector is connected to the handle. The collector has a capillary function and is able to automatically suction a liquid reagent or sample. The sampling device is able to suction a required amount of the reagent ...