ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,007, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Hach Co. (Loveland, Colo.).
"Electrochemical cell stirring" was invented by Corey Alan Salzer (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Dan Jonathan Kroll (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a method for stirring a sample in a cell, including: providing a cell comprising a sample chamber; placing a boron-doped diamond electrode on an inner surface of the sample chamber, placing a removable stir bar in the sample chamber, the removable stir bar directly contacting and touching the boron-doped diamond electrode; and wherein the stir bar can be operated to rotate within the ...