US Patent Issued to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME on Sept. 30 for "Sample holder transfer device with sample carrier fixing element" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,321, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME GMBH (Vienna).

"Sample holder transfer device with sample carrier fixing element" was invented by Heinz Plank (Wetzlar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder transfer device is for use in cryo-microscopy and for transferring a sample holder to an analysing or processing unit. The sample holder is configured for holding a sample carrier carrying a sample. The sample holder transfer device is configured to receive the sample holder, the sample holder including a sample carrier fixing element. At least one section of the sample carrier fixing element is config...