US Patent Issued to Elemental Scientific on Jan. 13 for "Autosampler rail system with magnetic coupling for linear motion" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,671, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Elemental Scientific Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Autosampler rail system with magnetic coupling for linear motion" was invented by Beau A. Marth (LaVista, Neb.) and Tyler Yost (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for preventing the release of metal particles from an autosampler that could otherwise be detected within a sample during sample analysis. In an example implementation, an autosampler systems includes, but is not limited to, a sample probe support structure; a z-axis support; an outer shuttle coupled with an outer surface of the z-axis support; and an ...