ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,965, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Specimen rack transferring device and automatic analyzer using the same" was invented by Daisuke Tanada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A specimen rack transferring device and an automatic analyzer using it are provided which can suppress vibration during transportation of a specimen rack.In a specimen rack transferring device 200 transferring a specimen rack 4 which places a plurality of specimen containers 5 accommodating specimens, in a side-by-side manner in a longitudinal direction and can carry the plurality of specimen containers, the specimen rack...