ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,465, issued on June 2, was assigned to P5 Designers LLC (Milford, N.J.).

"Devices and systems for automated collection of blood into tube stored at atmospheric pressure" was invented by Paul D. Carse (Milford, N.J.), Cordelia A. Ogren (Milford, N.J.), Patrik Johansson (Sudbury, Mass.), Kelly Gail Duncan (Washington, N.J.), William Carr (Phillipsburg, N.J.), David Tavor (Hod Hasharon, Israel) and Matthew L. Norris (Manville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood collection tube includes a body, a chamber, a vacuum port, and a cap. The cap includes a first septum, a first conduit having an inlet extending from the first septum and...