ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,403, issued on March 17, was assigned to SYSMEX Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Specimen container and cap" was invented by Go Senda (Kobe, Japan) and Hiroki Koike (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specimen container according to one or more embodiments may include: a container main body including an opening; a cap arranged to close the opening of the container main body and including a slit-formed portion in which a slit that allows an aspiration tube to pass therethrough is formed; and a contact portion provided in a position different from that of the slit and that is brought into contact with a peripheral surface of the aspi...