US Patent Issued to Evident on Oct. 14 for "Optical signal detection device, gel unit, and method for manufacturing gel unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,024, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Evident Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Optical signal detection device, gel unit, and method for manufacturing gel unit" was invented by Yoshiharu Saito (Nagano, Japan), Kengo Osawa (Nagano, Japan) and Daisuke Nishiwaki (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical signal detection device includes an objective and a gel unit including a gel and an assisting member. The assisting member includes a first surface, a second surface, and an opening. The opening has a diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the gel and larger than an effective diameter of the objective. The first surface faces...