ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,623, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).
"Evaporation concentration mechanism and method for controlling same" was invented by Mayuko Ito (Tokyo) and Shinya Matsuoka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporation concentration mechanism is realized that can control a depressurization rate by an inexpensive and simple mechanism to inhibit bumping at the time of evaporation and concentration. The evaporation concentration mechanism includes a reaction vessel that holds a sample solution, a depressurization channel connected to the reaction vessel, and a depressurization source that is connected to ...