ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,023, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Detection device and detection method" was invented by Yoshifumi Shimizu (Tokyo), Takashi Yoshiura (Tokyo), Kohki Nishide (Tokyo) and Yasunori Yokoyama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device detects a position of a leading end of a tip for executing an operation on a cell via the leading end. The detection device includes a light source that outputs light in a lateral direction such that the light has a width when viewed along an up-and-down direction, a movement mechanism that moves the tip, and a detector that detects the light output from t...