US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Aug. 25 for "Sampling systems and techniques to collect hazardous contaminants with high pickup and shedding efficiencies" (Utah, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,820, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Sampling systems and techniques to collect hazardous contaminants with high pickup and shedding efficiencies" was invented by Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah), Austin Jason Mckinnon (Herriman, Utah) and Matthew Oshinski (Oak Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sampling systems and techniques that increase pickup efficiency and shedding efficiency of an analyst of interest collected from a surface are provided. In one aspect, an absorbent swab collects an analyte of interest, such as a hazardous contaminant, from a test area demarcated by a ...