ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,130, issued on April 7, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"Diagnostic analyzer having a dual-purpose imager" was invented by Manish Deshpande (Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reagent analyzer comprising an imaging system having a first field of view of a reagent test device and a second field of view of a fluid sample information indicator, and configured to capture a first image depicting the reagent test device and a second image depicting the information indicator; a mirror moveable between a first position outside the first field of view and a second position inside the first fi...