US Patent Issued to CTC Analytics on May 20 for "Dynamic headspace vacuum transfer "in trap" extraction method and apparatus" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,078, issued on May 20, was assigned to CTC Analytics AG (Zwingen, Switzerland).

"Dynamic headspace vacuum transfer "in trap" extraction method and apparatus" was invented by Pascal Fuchsmann (Torny-le-Grand, Switzerland), Fabian Wahl (Buchs, Switzerland), Patrick Bischoff (Munsingen, Switzerland) and Mireille Tena Stern (Fribourg, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headspace extraction and analysis method for volatile compounds can be performed in automatic mode in a HS-ITEX apparatus adapted to be additionally connectable to a vacuum source. The method includes extracting the headspace by sucking volatile compounds into a ...