ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,348, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrophoresis device" was invented by Kazuki Noda (Tokyo), Takeshi Ooura (Tokyo) and Shunichi Kariya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrophoresis device of the present disclosure includes: a capillary filled with a phoresis medium; a buffer container accommodating a buffer solution; a storage portion storing a sample container accommodating a sample; at least one autosampler transporting each of the sample container and the buffer container; and a control unit controlling driving of the autosampler, in which the control unit drives the autosampler...