US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Nov. 18 for "Automated diagnostic analyzer and method for its operation" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,362, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Automated diagnostic analyzer and method for its operation" was invented by Michael T. VanSickler (Columbia, Md.), Neil G. Terry (Baltimore), Brian Bell (Forest Hill, Md.), Steven C. Rotundo (Baltimore), Stephen Robert LaChance (Cockeysville, Md.) and Alyssa Shedlosky (Reisterstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated analyzer that receives samples prepared for analysis in an automated pre-analytical module and a method of operation of such automated analyzer. The automated analyzer includes a shuttle transfer station that receives a...