ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,552, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Compact apparatus for batch vial inspection" was invented by Asaf Schlezinger (Modiin, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus of inspection tools for inspecting impurities in vials are provided herein. In some embodiments, an inspection tool for inspecting impurities in vials includes: a motor; a plurality of carts configured to move via the motor to selectively place each of the plurality of carts in an inspection position, wherein each of the plurality of carts includes a vial holder configured to hold a plurality of vials, a...