ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,193, issued on March 31, was assigned to PROVIGATE INC. (Tokyo).
"Liquid sample processing device" was invented by Mitsumi Nishi (Tokyo) and Noriko Miyauchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that collects liquid includes a flow passage member (110) including a flow passage (111) that receives liquid at one end (113) of the flow passage (111) and that is capable of containing the received liquid (102); a tank (120) having an internal space (121) in which a processing solution (131) is contained, the tank (120) being configured to receive at least one end (113) of the flow passage member (110) and allow mixing of the proc...