ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,400, issued on May 6, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Non-invasive substance analysis apparatus" was invented by Yuki Tsuda (Tokyo), Shusaku Hayashi (Tokyo) and Koichi Akiyama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-invasive substance analysis apparatus includes: a sample support plate; an excitation light source; and a temperature sensor. The sample support plate has a main surface including a sample placement region, and a main surface opposite to the main surface. The temperature sensor is provided on the main surface. A through hole extending from the sample placement region to the main surface is provided...