ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,852, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).
"Automatic analyzer" was invented by Shugo Okabe (Tokyo) and Takenori Okusa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer comprises a reagent storage unit, a reaction promotion unit, and an unused container providing unit. The reaction promotion unit is between the reagent storage unit and the unused container providing unit in a left-right direction, and is on a rear side from the reagent storage unit and the unused container providing unit in a front-rear direction. In the automatic analyzer, a cover covering the reaction promotion unit is with a...