ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,456, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Device for measuring electrolyte concentration" was invented by Atsushi Kishioka (Tokyo) and Masafumi Miyake (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a device for measuring electrolyte concentration capable of easily measuring a temperature difference between a sensitive membrane and liquid in the vicinity of the sensitive membrane that affects an electrolyte concentration analysis value. The device for measuring electrolyte concentration according to the present invention measures potential of an ion selective el...