US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on March 31 for "Random access automated molecular testing system" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,389, issued on March 31, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Random access automated molecular testing system" was invented by Paul Patt (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Roy Barr (Delaware, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A random access automated molecular testing system and method is used with a planar polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip to provide molecular detection covering a wide variety of assays/tests in a small footprint. An automated transport mechanism moves the PCR chip between a pipette loading station, a sealing station and an amplification and detection module to provide batchless an...