US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on April 7 for "Methods and apparatus for ascertaining specimen and/or specimen container characteristics" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,132, issued on April 7, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Methods and apparatus for ascertaining specimen and/or specimen container characteristics" was invented by Patrick Wissmann (Munich) and Benjamin S. Pollack (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical characterization apparatus for imaging a specimen container containing a specimen. The optical characterization apparatus includes a moveable hood configured to move between an open state and a closed state relative to a specimen container imaging location and having an interior, wherein when the moveable hood is in the close...