ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,720, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Analyzing apparatus, magnetic field generating apparatus for analyzing apparatus, and analyzing method" was invented by Motoji Haragashira (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Takashi Hatori (Yaita, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analyzing apparatus according to the present embodiment comprising: a sample placer where a cartridge is placed, the cartridge being capable of storing a sample containing a magnetic substance; an imager configured to be placed on an opposite surface side of a surface where the cartridge is placed on the sample placer and conf...