US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Jan. 13 for "System for delivering fluid samples through a fluidic device and methods therefor" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,715, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"System for delivering fluid samples through a fluidic device and methods therefor" was invented by Imants Lauks (Ottawa) and Nigel Fairbank (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for delivering a fluid sample through a channel of a diagnostic consumable is disclosed. The method includes receiving the diagnostic consumable in a reader comprising a delivery system, operatively connecting the delivery system to the channel, and applying pressure pulses to the channel at a predetermined frequency. A reader for reading a diagnostic con...