US Patent Issued to Magnolia Medical Technologies on Sept. 22 for "Apparatus and methods for disinfection of a specimen container" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,769, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Magnolia Medical Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Apparatus and methods for disinfection of a specimen container" was invented by Gregory J. Bullington (Seattle), Richard G. Patton (Seattle) and Shan E. Gaw (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a transfer adapter, a puncture member, a disinfection member, and a fluid reservoir. The transfer adapter has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and defines an inner volume configured to receive the puncture member. The transfer adapter is coupled to the disinfection member. The distal end portion of the transfer adap...