ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,645, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Automatic analyzer" was invented by Stephan Sattler (Starnberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic analyzer for analyzing samples comprising an immersion tube configured to retrieve a reagent stored in a reagent vessel and a lifting device configured to lift and lower the immersion tube. The lifting device comprises a guide rail on which the immersion tube is moveable between a lowered position, in which the immersion tube is immersed into the reagent vessel, and a lifted position, in which the immersion tube is retracted fro...