ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,344, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LICONIC AG (Mauren, Liechtenstein).
"Code scanner for capturing codes on tubes in a tube rack" was invented by Cosmas Malin (Mauren, Liechtenstein).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A code scanner is provided for capturing visual codes at the bottom of a plurality of test tubes in a tube rack. The scanner comprises a base and a tube rack support mounted to the base for supporting a tube rack. At least one camera is focused on an object plane at the bottom of the tubes. A transparent cover glass is arranged between the camera and the object plane. The tube rack support has a viewing opening and, at ...