US Patent Issued to Augusta SpinCo on Sept. 29 for "Method of piercing seal for sample testing" (Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,121, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Augusta SpinCo Corp. (Milford, Mass.).

"Method of piercing seal for sample testing" was invented by Patrick Walter Truitt (New Freedom, Pa.), Patrick Downie (Apex, N.C.), Ammon D. Lentz (York, Pa.) and Alyssa Nicolaisen Shedlosky (Reisterstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein include methods, compositions, and kits suitable for use in sample testing. The sample testing systems can comprise a cartridge body to receive a sample, at least one reaction chamber coupled to the cartridge body, and at least one seal between the cartridge body and the at least one reaction chamber....