ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,500, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BODITECH MED INC. (Gangwon-Do, South Korea).

"Socket for coupling capillary tip" was invented by Sang Hyun Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Byeong Chul Kim (Gangwon-Do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a socket for coupling a capillary tip, comprising: a body in which an intra-tubular passage penetrating through both sides thereof is formed, a suction unit of sample collection equipment is provided to be coupled to one side, and a capillary tip is provided to be coupled to the other side; a pressure-varying hole unit which is formed in the body and includ...