US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech on May 19 for "Cell detection device and cell detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,858, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cell detection device and cell detection method" was invented by Masako Ishimaru (Tokyo) and Hideyuki Noda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell detection device that detects a cell in a specimen with high sensitivity and includes a sealed container having a sealable specimen introduction portion, a culture portion that holds a culture solution, an extraction reagent portion that holds an extraction reagent, and a luminescent reagent portion that holds a luminescent reagent, a contact mechanism that controls contact between the culture solution, the extrac...