ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,276, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"Probe apparatus, assemblies, and methods for aspirating and dispensing liquids" was invented by Mark Edwards (Armonk, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe assembly for aspirating and delivering liquids includes a liquid line having a liquid line end and a pipette configured to be in fluid communication with the liquid line, the pipette configured to aspirate and dispense liquids when the probe assembly is devoid of connections to external liquid sources other than liquids being aspirated or dispensed, the liquid line end having a ...