ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,265, issued on June 17, was assigned to Beckman Coulter Inc. (Brea, Calif.).
"Sample preparation instrument" was invented by Juan Fernandez De Castro (Miami), William Gutierrez (Miami), Martin Adelmann (Cologne, Germany), Jose Cano (Miami) and Eric Statler (Coral Gables, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample preparation instrument with an integrated device for estimating a concentration of white blood cells in a specimen is described. The sample preparation instrument receives a specimen for which a sample is to be prepared for analysis. The integrated device can implement an optical method, an electrical resistance method, or...