US Patent Issued to Copan Italia on Aug. 11 for "Swab for collecting samples of biological material and associate method of production" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,387, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Copan Italia S.p.A. (Brescia, Italy).

"Swab for collecting samples of biological material and associate method of production" was invented by Lorenzo Fumagalli (Brescia, Italy) and Giorgio Martello (Brescia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Swab (1) for collecting samples of biological material, comprising: -an elongated body (2), having at least a portion with substantially axial development, -a collection element (3) for samples of biological material, positioned on the elongated body (2), wherein the collection element (3) is configured for, and destined to, being introduced within the m...