ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,938, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SHENZHEN INCRECARE BIOTECH Co. LTD (China).

"Sample dilution method and immunoassay method" was invented by Zhen Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample dilution method. The method comprises the following steps: moving from an initial workstation to a first workstation a ferrying unit bearing a first reactor containing a sample; distributing a diluent into the first reactor located at the first workstation; mixing the diluent and the sample in the first reactor to form a diluted sample; moving to a second workstation the ferrying unit bearing the first reactor containing ...