ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,342, issued on May 13, was assigned to GUANGZHOU WONDFO BIOTECH Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China).

"In-vitro diagnostic analyzer and reagent card" was invented by Yuanqiang Lai (Guangzhou, China), Xuan Meng (Guangzhou, China) and Jihua Wang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in vitro diagnostic analyzer and a reagent card. The reagent card includes a reagent card body and a mounting body. The mounting body includes a mounting hole configured to receive a sample tube, a hollow needle disposed in the mounting hole, a sealing portion disposed in the mounting hole, and a gas inlet channel. An end of the hollow needle is capabl...