US Patent Issued to HORIBA ABX on Oct. 21 for "Device and method for determining a sedimentation rate" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,343, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HORIBA ABX SAS (Montpellier, France).

"Device and method for determining a sedimentation rate" was invented by Philippe Piedcoq (Montpellier, France), Guilhem Couderc (Montpellier, France) and Christophe Fudaly (Montpellier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for determining a sedimentation rate comprises at least one member for sampling a blood sample, and a sensor comprising an infrared light source and an optical sensor arranged substantially opposite each other around a substantially transparent portion of the sampling member so that the light emitted by the infrared light sourc...