ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,911, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to STRATEC SE (Birkenfeld, Germany).
"Consumable for sample processing in automated analyser" was invented by Rouven Blank (Birkenfeld, Germany), Andreas Meyer (Birkenfeld, Germany), Martin Trump (Birkenfeld, Germany), Ralf Wolf (Birkenfeld, Germany) and Michael Schmid (Birkenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumable which is a device intended for single use comprising a cavity for receiving a liquid. The disclosure provides a consumable for use in an automated analyser system for performing biochemical assays, comprising a rim surrounding at least one cavity for receiving a fluid,...