ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,730, issued on Aug. 12.

"Alternating charge to inhibit sorption to surfaces exposed to biological materials" was invented by Boaz Zur (Kibbutz Farod, Israel), Yehuda Bachar (Yehud-Monosson, Israel) and Gil Zur (Kibbutz Farod, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and/or method are disclosed to inhibit sorption to a surface in a biological medium and/or biofouling by means of an alternating electric field. For example, one or more insulated electrodes may be positioned near the surface. For example, insulation may limit electric current flow between the biological medium and the electrode and/or between the surface and the el...