ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,434, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ACCURE HEALTH INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Automated assay processing methods and systems" was invented by Liyun Sang (Cambridge, Mass.), Guang Chen (Newton, Mass.), Qiang Liu (Cambridge, Mass.) and Brian Wee (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of automated assay processing systems and methods are disclosed. In an example, an assay automation system includes an assay processing tube, a magnet, and a controller. The assay processing tube has a right arm and a left arm, the right arm having an opening for receiving reagent transferred from a reagent tube being held in one o...