ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,586, issued on July 22, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Calibration of an automatic analyzer for reagent water evaporation" was invented by Shozo Hashimoto (Nasushiobara, Japan), Masahiro Masubuchi (Yaita, Japan), Takashi Goto (Nasushiobara, Japan), Tomohiro Sugimura (Otawara, Japan) and Yasuo Akizawa (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer disclosed herein includes a first calibration curve generator configured to generate a first calibration curve indicating a relationship between a concentration and an absorbance based on a result of an optical measurement of a react...