US Patent Issued to HITACHI HIGH-TECH on Oct. 27 for "Automatic analyzer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,691, issued on Oct. 27, 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: "Provided is an automatic analyzer capable of simplifying control of a holding unit that holds a plurality of containers having access to an aspiration nozzle whose position is fixed and that rotates and moves up and down. The automatic analyzer includes an aspiration nozzle whose position is fixed and that aspirates reaction liquid or reagent, and a holding unit that holds a plurality of containers accommodating the reaction liquid or the reagent, an...