ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,768, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Magnetic separation device and magnetic separation method" was invented by Fumio Takagi (Chino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic separation device includes: a magnet provided at a position adjacent to a tubular accommodation portion extending along a first axis and having magnetization for applying magnetic field to the accommodation portion; a base configured to support the magnet; and a drive unit configured to change, when an axis orthogonal to the first axis is a second axis and an axis orthogonal to the second axis in a plane including the second ...