US Patent Issued to IDEXX Laboratories on Aug. 19 for "Matrix and associated sample or mixing cup used for removing components of a liquid sample" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,795, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (Westbrook, Maine).

"Matrix and associated sample or mixing cup used for removing components of a liquid sample" was invented by Jesse Daniel Faller (Portland, Maine), Robert W. Lachapelle (Leeds, Maine) and Dominic Pelletier (Raymond, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert mounted in a mixing cup and used by an automated chemical analyzer for removing a targeted component of a liquid sample includes a porous matrix formed of or carrying in an immobilized state functionalized particles having properties such that the targeted component of the liquid sample adhere...