US Patent Issued to ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES on July 21 for "Oral fluid collection device" (Canadian, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,519, issued on July 21, was assigned to ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"Oral fluid collection device" was invented by Attila Csaba Nemeth (Ontario, Canada), Adele Jackson (Ontario, Canada) and Koen Catharina Lodewijk Beyers (Wuustwezel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral fluid collection device includes a plunger and funnel to simultaneously collect and split a single specimen into metered doses for drug testing. The device may be used with collection tubes for collection of the metered doses and later testing. The device, when used, drives the metered dose into the collection tubes and removes bubbles in the...