ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,624, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).
"Automatic analyzer" was invented by Koji Hatakeyama (Tokyo), Satoru Yamamoto (Tokyo), Hidetsugu Tanoue (Tokyo) and Hiroki Nakano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer capable of confirming the amount of sample aspirated by a sample dispensing unit is provided. The automatic analyzer includes an incubator which holds a reaction container in which a liquid mixture of the sample and a reagent is accommodated, a sample dispensing unit which dispenses the sample by aspirating the sample from a sample container in which the sample is accommodate...