ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,403, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH (Vienna).
"Sample transfer device" was invented by Heinz Plank (Wiener Neudorf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample transfer device (100) for receiving a sample inside the sample transfer device (100) and for transferring the sample to a processing or analysing unit includes a connection opening (110) defining a transfer path (114) along which the sample is to be transferred from a loading position (120) of the sample inside the sample transfer device (100) through the connection opening (110), a shutter (130) configured to block the connection opening (110...