ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,979, issued on July 15, was assigned to Wistron Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Organism detection apparatus" was invented by Huan-Chun Wu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yao-Tsung Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection apparatus configured for PCR testing includes a carrier structure and a temperature detection module. The carrier structure is configured to carry a test tube, and the test tube is configured for containing a reagent and a specimen. The temperature detection module is disposed on the carrier structure and includes a heat transfer medium and a temperature sensor. The heat capacity of the heat transf...