ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,815, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Magnolia Medical Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Fluid diversion mechanism for bodily-fluid sampling" was invented by Gregory J. Bullington (Seattle), Richard G. Patton (Seattle), Jay M. Miazga (Langley, Wash.) and Shan E. Gaw (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a housing, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. At least a portion of the flow control mechanism is movably disposed within the housing. The apparatus further includes an inlet port and an outlet port, and defines a fluid reservoir. The outlet port is fluidically coupled to a second fluid reservoir and is f...