ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,131, issued on April 7, was assigned to Gen-Probe Inc. (San Diego) and Grifols S.A. (Barcelona, Spain).
"System and methods for lab automation data sharing" was invented by John Lanpheer (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sharing system information data in a network of two or more diagnostic instruments for performing assays is provided. The system information data includes operating information for the diagnostic instruments in the network. The method includes: sending a system information metadata packet to at least a first diagnostic instrument in the network, wherein the system information metadata packet, is ...