ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,469, issued on July 28, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).

"Modular incubators for configurable workstations" was invented by Rodrigo DaSilva (Trumbull, Conn.), Shuo Robert Chen (White Plains, N.Y.), Adam H Morales (Trumbull, Conn.), Wilfrido Enrique Thalliens Angulo (Cornwall, Great Britain) and Timothy Stanhope (Cornwall, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular incubator includes a housing including one or more fastening mechanisms for attachment to a workstation frame, a platform located at the housing and defining a sample placement area, and a chamber wall structure coupled to the platform. The...