ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,418, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HP HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Sample preparation cartridge module" was invented by Si-Lam J. Choy (Corvallis, Ore.), John Michael Lahmann (Corvallis, Ore.) and David Daniel Welter (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample preparation cartridge module comprises an input and output; and interconnected volumes arranged in series between the input and output, the volumes comprising a fluidic isolation chamber and an output channel connected to the fluidic isolation chamber downstream of the fluidic isolation chamber and leading to the output."
The patent was filed o...