ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,913, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"System for transporting and mixing samples" was invented by Henry-Joseph Piper (Stroudsburg, Pa.) and Christopher Glielmi (Madison, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample transport system has a carrier configured to hold a sample tube for a sample to be transported and mixed, a transporter configured to support the carrier, a guide portion configured to impart motion to the carrier on the transporter and deliver the carrier to a destination location, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify instructions associated w...