ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,061, issued on July 14, was assigned to Reprohealth Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Gas permeable intravaginal culture device" was invented by James Donahue (Indianapolis), Michael Whitt (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Katherine Russell (Lebanon, Ind.), Christina Nicole Harrison (San Francisco) and Sarah Sanders (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravaginal culture device includes an outer housing configured for vaginal insertion. The outer housing includes an upper portion that removably couples with a lower portion. A first inner vessel is located at the upper portion and is configured to house a first plurality of embryo...