US Patent Issued to University of South Florida, THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH on July 1 for "Three-dimensional printed swabs for diagnostic testing" (Florida, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,996, issued on July 1, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.) and THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (Manhasset, N.Y.).

"Three-dimensional printed swabs for diagnostic testing" was invented by Summer J. Decker (Apollo Beach, Fla.), Jonathan Ford (Tampa, Fla.), Todd Hazelton (Tampa, Fla.), Todd Goldstein (New Hyde Park, N.Y.), Kami Kim (Tampa, Fla.), Michael Teng (Tampa, Fla.) and John Sinnott (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional printed swab may include a shaft defining a longitudinal axis of the swab, and a tip portion integrally formed with the shaft. The tip portion may inclu...