ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,132, issued on July 15, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).
"Automatic analyzer" was invented by Takamichi Mori (Tokyo) and Syotaro Sagawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to maintain, in clean condition, a solenoid valve for discharge of cleaning fluid accumulated in a vacuum bottle in which the cleaning fluid adhering to a probe collects. An automatic analyzer includes: a cleaning bath that has a cleaning fluid outlet from which cleaning fluid is discharged for cleaning a probe, and a vacuum suction port into which the probe is inserted; a cleaning tank that stores the cleaning fluid; a vacuum tank;...