ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,896, issued on March 31.
"Apparatus and method for transferring and analyzing suspended particles in a liquid sample" was invented by Robert A. Levine (Guilford, Conn.) and Stephen C. Wardlaw (Lyme, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus. i.e. a device, for transferring a representative sample of a liquid containing particles into a chamber for analysis, such as for example, whole anticoagulated blood. The apparatus comprises an ante-chamber configured for receiving, containing, and transferring a portion of the sample to an analysis chamber. The chambers are continuous with each other, co...