ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,774, issued on May 5, was assigned to Instrumentation Laboratory Co. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Fluid testing system" was invented by Ethan F. Schonbrun (Auburndale, Mass.), Christopher Farren (Bedford, Mass.), Paul C. McCormack (Carlisle, Mass.) and Luisa Andruzzi (Bedford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technology described herein includes a method that includes providing, by an optical light source, a light beam configured to traverse an optical path through a fluid comprising the biological sample in a container. A length of the optical path through the fluid is between 3.3 mm to 5.5 mm, and a center of the light beam is at a height ...