US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Dec. 16 for "Methods and apparatus for imaging specimens and/or sample containers" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,388, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Methods and apparatus for imaging specimens and/or sample containers" was invented by Patrick Wissmann (Munich) and Benjamin S. Pollack (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of imaging a sample container and/or a specimen in a sample container. The method includes enclosing at least a portion of a sample container with a moveable hood, the moveable hood having a wall with one or more openings extending between an interior of the moveable hood and an exterior of the moveable hood. Image data of the sample container is g...