US Patent Issued to HITACHI HIGH-TECH on July 1 for "Automated analysis device and method for leveling same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,728, issued on July 1, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Automated analysis device and method for leveling same" was invented by Yusuke Minemura (Tokyo) and Gorou Yoshida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated analysis device has a reaction container constructed on a reaction disc, a reaction tank for immersing the reaction container in water, a water level sensor, a reagent probe that suctions/discharges a reagent to the reaction container, and a controller. In the reagent probe, a water detection unit that detects the presence of water is provided at a prescribed site, the reagent probe being capable of d...