ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,267, issued on June 17, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Biochemical analysis apparatus and biochemical analysis method" was invented by Takanori Onoki (Kyoto, Japan) and Kiyohiro Sugiyama (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biochemical analysis apparatus includes a piercer for piercing a cover member, a nozzle that passes through the piercer which has pierced the cover member and suctions a specimen, a liquid surface sensor that detects contact of the nozzle with the specimen, and a controller that drives the nozzle and the piercer, in which the controller provides an error notification upon detection of co...