US Patent Issued to Beckman Coulter on Sept. 23 for "Configurable placement indication for sample tube rack receptacles" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,285, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Beckman Coulter Inc. (Brea, Calif.).

"Configurable placement indication for sample tube rack receptacles" was invented by Martin Muller (Schliersee-Neuhaus, Germany) and Roland Bader (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Body fluid sample carrier for use in a body fluid analyser and body fluid analyser using a body fluid sample carrier, wherein the body fluid sample carrier has a plurality of rack receptacles and a plurality of marker receptacles for receiving corresponding markers in order to improve the association between racks positioned on the carrier and the correct position on the car...