ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,530, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BIORHEOLOGICS Co. LTD. (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

"Multi-channel blood viscosity measuring device" was invented by Dong Hwan Lee (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Dal Sik Kim (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Ui Yun Lee (Jeonju-si, South Korea) and Eui Ho Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a multi-channel blood viscosity measuring device including: a blood sample preprocessing unit for scanning and shaking a blood collection tube and then removing a blood collection tube cover therefrom; a blood sample transfer unit for moving the blood collection tube stably placed by the ...