ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,223, issued on May 12, was assigned to STRATEC SE (Birkenfeld, Germany).
"Device for sealing of a reagent container" was invented by Waldemar Lukhaub (Birkenfeld, Germany), Martin Trump (Birkenfeld, Germany) and Sara Zimmermann (Birkenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing for a reagent container and provides a sealing plug which can be adapted to the respective reagent container. Within the meaning of the present disclosure the terms plug, and stopper will be used synonymously. A liquid which is deposited in a reagent container like a vial or tube is protected by a plug from both, evaporation, and oxidation by ambient...