US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech on March 3 for "Sample conveyance system and sample conveyance method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,389, issued on March 3, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sample conveyance system and sample conveyance method" was invented by Takeshi Tamakoshi (Tokyo), Shigeru Yano (Tokyo), Shinji Azuma (Tokyo), Yuichiro Shiga (Tokyo) and Daigo Shishido (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a sample conveyance system and a sample conveyance method capable of conveying a sample in a more stable manner than in the related art corresponding to a conveyance method using an electromagnetic actuator. A driving unit 208 applies a first voltage to a first coil 207a located on a front side in a traveling direction of a ...