US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Oct. 7 for "Method of detecting an obstruction in a fluid analyzer" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,160, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Method of detecting an obstruction in a fluid analyzer" was invented by Wei Zhang (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting an obstruction on a sensor of a fluid analyzer, including a method comprising causing a first calibration fluid to contact the sensor to generate signals indicative of a first electric potential of the first calibration fluid; causing a second calibration fluid to contact the sensor to generate signals indicative of a second electric potential of the second calibration fluid; stori...