ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,209, issued on May 13, was assigned to ROTAPREP INC. (Tustin, Calif.).
"Grinding samples using rotational and linear motion" was invented by Horacio Kido (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to a sample preparation apparatus for grinding or homogenizing test samples. More specifically, the disclosure relates to grinding samples using rotational and linear motion. Grinding samples can be accomplished with an apparatus with a slider-crank mechanism that is attached to an oscillating connecting linkage. The amplitude of oscillatory motion can be greater than or equal to a length of a sample proc...