ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,437, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).
"Automatic analysis device" was invented by Mariko Miyazaki (Tokyo), Nobuhiro Tsukada (Tokyo), Kazuhiro Noda (Tokyo), Eiichiro Takada (Tokyo) and Yuka Miyake (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analysis device improves the uniformity of a mixed liquid by noise agitation by a dispensing mechanism. The dispensing mechanism agitates a mixed liquid by suctioning the mixed liquid into a reaction vessel by a nozzle and then re-discharging the suctioned mixed liquid into the reaction vessel. When the mixed liquid is re-discharged into the reaction vessel...