ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,335, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Revvity Health Sciences Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Specimen collection and delivery apparatus" was invented by Andrew Kolb (Seattle), Alan K. Lofquist (Kirkland, Wash.) and C. Frederick Battrell (Wenatchee, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A specimen collection and delivery apparatus for collecting clinical specimens and delivery of samples thereof to, e.g., microfluidic testing devices for diagnostic analysis is disclosed. The specimen collection and delivery apparatus includes a closure housing for coupling with a sample tube at one end, an open luer for coupling with a complementary luer on...