US Patent Issued to LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE on July 22 for "Producing a reagent on-board an instrument" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,986, issued on July 22, was assigned to LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTD (Mount Waverly, Australia).

"Producing a reagent on-board an instrument" was invented by Stephen John Bagnato (Mt. Waverley, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates broadly to production of a reagent on-board an instrument. The instrument is provided with a probe for dispensing said reagent, a concentrate chamber adapted to contain a concentrate and a diluent chamber adapted to contain a diluent. The probe includes an in-line mixing chamber adapted to receive the concentrate and the diluent to provide the reagent at the required ...