US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Aug. 12 for "Biological sample analyzer with accelerated thermal warming" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,931, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Biological sample analyzer with accelerated thermal warming" was invented by George Zantos (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a biological sample analyzer has a housing having at least one outer wall that defines a cavity therein. A receptacle, which can support a consumable holder containing a biological sample, is disposed within the cavity. At least one heater applies heat to the consumable holder when the consumable holder is supported by the receptacle. At least one heater sensor detects a temperature of...