ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,361, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TDL INNOVATIONS LLC (Princeton, N.J.).

"Methods and devices for removing a tissue specimen from a patient" was invented by Glenn W. Laub (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing a tissue specimen from a patient includes introducing a bag at least partially into a cavity in the body of the patient, the bag comprising an open end and a port, positioning a tissue specimen to be removed from the patient into an interior of the bag by passing the tissue specimen through the open end of the bag, sealing the open end of the bag, removing gas from the interior of the bag th...