ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,498, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Magnolia Medical Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Devices and methods for verifying a sample volume" was invented by Gregory J. Bullington (Seattle), Shan E. Gaw (Seattle), Jay M. Miazga (Langley, Wash.) and Shannon E. Eubanks (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for verifying a sample volume includes a sample reservoir and a volumetric verification device. The sample reservoir defines an inner volume and is configured to receive a volume of bodily fluid. The inner volume of the sample reservoir contains an additive. The volumetric verification device includes a first indica...