ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,714, issued on April 21, was assigned to Meon Medical Solutions Gmbh & Co KG (Graz, Austria).

"Method and device for mixing and temperature-controlling liquid media" was invented by Reinhard Marik (Graz, Austria) and Arnold Bartel (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to devices and methods for mixing and controlling the temperature of liquid media which are introduced into lined-up cuvettes of a cuvette array in order to determine analytes. In some devices consistent with the present disclosure, the device may include a cuvette block with form-fitting receptacles for the cuvett...