ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,753, issued on April 14, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Automatic analyzer and assembly support system thereof" was invented by Shunsuke Miyamoto (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Mishima (Tokyo), Hajime Yamazaki (Tokyo), Takeshi Setomaru (Tokyo) and Akihiro Yasui (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer includes: a plurality of dispensing units; and a plurality of pump units connected to the respective dispensing units. Each of the plurality of pump units includes: a syringe tube that has a liquid port at one end and an opening at another end; a syringe base that is attached to the opening at the other end of ...