US Patent Issued to BIOMERIEUX on Aug. 25 for "Tool for seizing and ejecting closure plugs for tubes receiving samples to be analysed, and use of such a tool" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,747, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BIOMERIEUX (Marcy l'Etoile, France).

"Tool for seizing and ejecting closure plugs for tubes receiving samples to be analysed, and use of such a tool" was invented by Michel Guy (Grenoble, France), Nicolas Delepaut (Grenoble, France) and Edgar Minassian (Lentilly, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject of the invention relates to a tool for manipulating a plurality of plugs, taking the form of a comb (1) comprising: a body (7) provided with a row of teeth (4) having pointed distal portions (4p) spaced apart in a linear direction in order to engage with the cavities of the plugs; a sys...