ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,876, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"System and methods for sample processing with mass spectrometry incorporating magnetic beads" was invented by Thomas R. Covey (Newmarket, Canada) and Chang Liu (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for analyzing a sample includes a sample preparation sub-system for preparing at least one sample in a sample vessel and a magnetic bead storage sub-system. A sample intake sub-system receives the at least one sample. A mass spectrometer (MS) is communicatively coupled to the sample intake sub-system. A transfer sub-system i...