ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,883, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ARKRAY Inc. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Analysis device for determining a particular component of urine" was invented by Seiji Satake (Kyoto, Japan) and Maiho Kitajima (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analysis device includes a measurement unit that measures a color state of a test strip under a defined condition, an imaging unit that captures an image of the color state of the test strip, an analysis unit that analyzes the color state from the captured image obtained by imaging by the imaging unit, and a switching unit that selectively switches between a first mode in which the measurement...