ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,553, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Automatic chemical analysis apparatus and electrical impedance spectrometry device" was invented by Hajime Kato (Tokyo), Yoichiro Suzuki (Tokyo), Gorou Yoshida (Tokyo), Tetsuji Kawahara (Tokyo) and Syotaro Sagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an automatic chemical analysis apparatus and an electrical impedance spectrometry device which make it possible to detect the state of a stirring mechanism prior to performing a stirring operation. The automatic chemical analysis apparatus dispenses a reagent and a sample to be analyz...