US Patent Issued to HITACHI HIGH-TECH on Sept. 23 for "Electrolyte analyzing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,450, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrolyte analyzing device" was invented by Takushi Miyakawa (Tokyo), Masaki Hara (Tokyo), Natsumi Isobe (Tokyo) and Tetsuji Kawahara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrolyte analyzing device that prevents contamination caused by contacting different reagents by a suction nozzle when reagent replacement is performed. The electrolyte analyzing device includes a nozzle support part 203 coupled to a suction nozzle 6 and movable between a reagent container replacement position and a reagent suction position; a locking mechanism 301 fitte...