ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,918, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Cover member for sample container" was invented by Kenichi Yasunaga (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cover member (33, 36, 50) for covering an opening of a sample container in which a liquid sample is to be contained. To accurately collect the liquid sample contained in the sample container while preventing a carryover, the cover member is made of an elastic sheet material and has a slit (331, 361, 511) in an area different from a predetermined area through which a sample-collecting tool for collecting the liquid sample is to be inserted...