US Patent Issued to HITACHI HIGH-TECH on Oct. 20 for "Automatic analyzer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,853, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Automatic analyzer" was invented by Satoshi Nakajima (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Mishima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer can be miniaturized as a whole and can accurately determine presence or absence of a sample container and a type thereof. The automatic analyzer of includes a conveyance line for conveying a loaded sample container; an identification information reading device that reads identification information attached to the sample container; and a container height detection device. The identification information reading device and t...