ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,043, issued on April 8, was assigned to Andrew Alliance S.A. (Switzerland).
"Bead manipulation in a consumable" was invented by Giorgio Horak (Geneva).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic separator for a liquid handling system includes a base unit having at least one receiver configured to receive a consumable, the at least one receiver being dimensioned to receive the consumable in a predefined location at least partially within the base unit. The magnetic separator further includes a magnet system located within the base unit proximate to the at least one receiver, the magnet system including a first separation magnet configure...