ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,902, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Analysis device" was invented by Kazuya Tsujino (Sakai, Japan), Tomohiro Kosaka (Sakai, Japan) and Tomoko Teranishi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an analysis device capable of analyzing a wide range of ion concentrations. The analysis device includes: an ion separating unit selectively conducting a specific kind of ions from among a plurality of kinds of ions flowing through a flow path; a detection electrode provided in the flow path and disposed toward an outlet with respect to the ionization unit; and a deflection electrode positioned ac...