ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,050, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FIALAB INSTRUMENTS INC. (Seattle).

"Sequential injection analysis system and method for mixing fluids" was invented by Ilkka Lahdesmaki (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a sequential injection analysis system and method for mixing fluids. The sequential injection analysis system includes a fluid pumping device configured for aspirating and dispensing fluids, at least one multi-position stream selection device and a conical vial enclosure. The conical vial enclosure includes a vial top cap, a vial bottom cap and a vial block positioned between the vial top c...