ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,754, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).
"Analyzer column cartridge" was invented by Yusuke Shimizu (Tokyo), Yoshito Watanabe (Tokyo), Yu Iijima (Tokyo), Shuhei Yamamura (Tokyo) and Yuichiro Hashimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an analyzer column cartridge that can control the temperature of an analysis column while saving resources and costs. An analyzer column cartridge 1 includes: metal blocks 7, 8 that accommodate an analysis column 10 used in a liquid chromatography; and housings 2, 3 that accommodate the metal blocks 7, 8. A plurality of holes 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, and 11E th...