ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,440, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to 2Pi-Sigma Corp. (Newport Beach, Calif.).
"Automated medical sample collection and testing for providing blood coagulation indication" was invented by Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample collection and testing device for analyzing blood is provided that includes a controller, a fluid flow pathway, a pump configured to move fluid through the fluid pathway, and an optical fluid measurement element configured to measure a light intensity of the fluid in the fluid flow pathway. The controller is configured to: start the pump to move a blood sample in the flu...