ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,083, issued on April 7, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Automated analyzer" was invented by Kohji Okada (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated analyzer includes: a measurement device; at least one sample tray on which a plurality of sample containers is placed; a conveyance device configured to select one of the plurality of sample containers placed on the sample tray, convey the selected sample container to the measurement device, and return the sample container to an original sample tray on which the sample container was originally placed after measurement by the measurement device; a control devi...