ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,076, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BIONLIFESCIENCE INC. (Namyangju-si, South Korea).
"Sample collection stick" was invented by Chang Wook Goh (Namyangju-si, South Korea), Joong Hwan Jeong (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Bong Yoon Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a specimen collection stick including a specimen collection unit, wherein the specimen collection unit includes a plurality of collection disks arranged in a longitudinal direction of a hub, the hub of the specimen collection unit is provided therein with an empty receiving space capable of receiving a specimen formed along a central ...