ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,388, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ERBA DIAGNOSTICS Ltd. (Dublin).
"Sample transport unit for a diagnostic machine" was invented by Nikhil Vazirani (Mumbai, India), Sylvain Andlauer (Le Cres, France) and Valentin Ghoris (Montpellier, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transport unit for sample containers which enclose samples to be analysed by an automatic diagnosis unit, the unit comprising: a transportation route (10) of racks (3) of samples, said route (10) extending according to a first direction (A), said route comprising a first end (102) adapted to receive a rack of samples from a first device ...