ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,645, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Continuous sample purification systems and methods" was invented by Scott P. Collins (Ogden, Utah), Federico Carlos Rodriguez Peralta (Logan, Utah), Nephi D. Jones (Newton, Utah) and Christopher D. Brau (Logan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sample purification systems include a particle extraction assembly having a mixing compartment and a settling compartment. A biological sample is mixed with two liquid phases formulated to effectuate transfer of a biological molecule into a first phase and particulate contaminants into a second phase. The fi...