ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,687, issued on May 19, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Treatment apparatus, nucleic acid extraction system, and nucleic acid analysis system" was invented by Masahiro Kuwata (Musashino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container (30) includes a plurality of accommodation portions (310) accommodating the sample, and a lid portion (320) closing the plurality of accommodation portions (310). The treatment apparatus (6) includes a container support portion (41) configured to support the plurality of accommodation portions (310), and a container fixing portion (42) configured to overlap the lid portion (320). The co...