US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech on Aug. 25 for "Automatic analyzer, dispensing device, and dispensing control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,906, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Automatic analyzer, dispensing device, and dispensing control method" was invented by Ruochi Hsu (Tokyo), Nobuhiro Tsukada (Tokyo), Kazuhiro Noda (Tokyo) and Shinya Matsuoka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer, a dispenser, and associated control methods are provided for suppressing splitting of an air layer in a passage and improving dispensing accuracy. The analyzer includes a nozzle, a pressure source coupled to the nozzle via a passage, and a controller that controls aspiration or discharge of a fluid. During either aspiration or dis...