ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,161, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Mixing system and measurement system" was invented by Tomonari Misawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a compact mixing system capable of reducing a use amount of a mixing agent and reducing a volume of a utility that supplies the mixing agent, and a measurement system using the mixing system. The mixing system includes: a mixing agent discharge nozzle through which a mixing agent to be mixed with a sample is to be discharged; and a movable mechanism configured to adjust a gap between the mixing agent discharge nozzle and a sample collection port that op...