US Patent Issued to Terumo on Aug. 25 for "Sampling method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,045, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Terumo K.K. (Japan).

"Sampling method" was invented by Nozomu Yamazaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masatsugu Igarashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampling device includes a sampling channel, a detection unit and a sample introduction channel. A cell culturing device or the sample introduction channel includes an aseptic filter in a section before the sampling channel. A sampling method includes a sampling step for introducing the sample from the culturing device and detecting the sample by the detection unit and an adhering substance removal step for removing an adhering substan...