US Patent Issued to Abbott Laboratories, Canon Medical Systems on Feb. 18 for "Automated diagnostic analyzers having vertically arranged carousels and related methods" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,583, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Ill.) and Canon Medical Systems Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Automated diagnostic analyzers having vertically arranged carousels and related methods" was invented by Brian L. Ochranek (Southlake, Texas), David C. Arnquist (The Colony, Texas), Takehiko Oonuma (Otawara, Japan), Hirotoshi Tahara (Otawara, Japan) and Naoto Sato (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example automated diagnostic analyzers and methods for using the same are disclosed herein. An example apparatus described herein includes a first carousel rotatably coupled to a base and having a f...