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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_serial_number(self):
 """ Retrieves the FTDI device serial number. :returns: string containing the device serial number """

        return usb.util.get_string(self._device.usb_dev, 64, self._device.usb_dev.iSerialNumber)