ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,552, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).
"Automatic analyzer" was invented by Takuya Takahashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer dispenses each specimen and reagent in a reaction vessel so as to make the specimen and the reagent react with each other and measures a liquid obtained by the reaction. The automatic analyzer includes a plurality of dispensing mechanisms; a controller which controls the plurality of dispensing mechanisms; a normal cleaning tank dedicated to each of the dispensing mechanisms, which is provided at a position where only one of the plurality of dispensi...