ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,706, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Monitoring device for monitoring a sample handling system" was invented by Kumar Roshan Mehta (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring device for monitoring a sample handling system comprising: a sliding unit comprising a sliding surface, wherein the sliding unit is configured for sliding over a sample transport device of the sample handling system; and an imaging streaming unit comprising a camera, wherein the camera is configured for capturing a plurality of images, wherein the imaging streaming unit comprises an imag...