ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,501, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Pharma Integration S.R.L. (Italy).

"Device for moving containers, an apparatus and a method for producing pharmaceutical or biotechnological articles" was invented by Claudio Bechini (Siena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for moving a group of containers for pharmaceutical or biotechnological use, between chambers with a controlled atmosphere comprising a support structure, supports configured to accommodate containers with an exposed part, a guide for guiding the supports, rotationally coupled to the support structure, first rotating means of the guide and movement means of the ...