US Patent Issued to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS on April 21 for "Laboratory sample container handling apparatus, laboratory automation system, and use" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,644, issued on April 21, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Laboratory sample container handling apparatus, laboratory automation system, and use" was invented by Avinash Addihalli Narayana (Stuttgart, Germany) and Michael Rein (Fellbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laboratory sample container carrier handling apparatus is provided comprising a revolving device, a guiding surface, and a force-applying device, wherein the force-applying device is adapted to apply a force to a laboratory sample container carrier supplied to the revolving device to such an extent that the laboratory sample c...