ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,466, issued on June 2, was assigned to INNOVERO LLC (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Devices for securely storing bodily fluids and associated systems and methods" was invented by Emily Welch (Seattle), Erwin Berthier (Seattle), Ben Casavant (Seattle), Jake Myre (Seattle), Bryce Petersen (Seattle) and Arna Ionescu Stoll (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for storing and/or transporting bodily fluid samples are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a device for storing and/or transporting a sample of bodily fluid is configured to receive a collection cartridge including a housing and a sample tray removab...