ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,930, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrolyte analysis apparatus" was invented by Yuichi Iwase (Tokyo), Takushi Miyakawa (Tokyo), Takahiro Kumagai (Tokyo), Haruyoshi Yamamoto (Tokyo) and Tetsuji Kawahara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrolyte analysis apparatus capable of diluting and preparing a reagent with higher accuracy with a simpler device configuration, comprising a first flow path configured to send a high-concentration reagent from a high-concentration reagent bottle, a second flow path configured to send a reagent diluent from a reagent diluent bottle that s...