US Patent Issued to LUNA LABS USA on Oct. 7 for "Closure devices especially adapted to ensure proper closure of biological specimen containers and biological specimen collection kits including the same" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,244, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LUNA LABS USA LLC (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Closure devices especially adapted to ensure proper closure of biological specimen containers and biological specimen collection kits including the same" was invented by J. David Remer (Charlottesville, Va.), Kelley Mitchell Virgilio (Charlottesville, Va.), Connor McKechnie (Charlottesville, Va.) and Emily Chak (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Closure devices and kits allow closure of an open-ended container and provide a visible indication of closure torque. The closure device will include an outer cap defining a torque indicator win...