US Patent Issued to PHC Holdings on Nov. 4 for "Nucleic acid testing device and nucleic acid testing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,258, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PHC Holdings Corp. (Tokyo).

"Nucleic acid testing device and nucleic acid testing method" was invented by Ryo Yonehara (Saitama, Japan) and Ayako Michida (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nucleic acid testing device includes: a stage on which is placed a tissue section to which a solution has been added, in which the solution contains a labeling substance of a target nucleic acid and an amplification reagent for the target nucleic acid; a temperature adjuster that adjusts the temperature of the tissue section on the stage; a temperature controller that controls the temperature adjust...