US Patent Issued to Case Western Reserve University on Feb. 24 for "Device for collecting a biological sample" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,075, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland).

"Device for collecting a biological sample" was invented by Sanford Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio), Amitabh Chak (University Heights, Ohio), Joseph Willis (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Jeffrey Silver Taggart (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Rebecca Blice (Akron, Ohio), Dean Secrest (Concord Township, Ohio) and Dennis Seidlak (Willoughby Hills, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for collecting a biological sample in a patient includes a collection portion having a first axial end portion and a second axial end portion. The second axial end portion has a ...