US Patent Issued to SHIMADZU on June 17 for "Supercritical fluid apparatus and pressure control method used in supercritical fluid apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,221, issued on June 17, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Supercritical fluid apparatus and pressure control method used in supercritical fluid apparatus" was invented by Michiaki Owa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supercritical fluid apparatus includes a solvent supplier that supplies a solvent, a pressure control device provided in a flow path for a solvent supplied by the solvent supplier, and a controller that controls the pressure control device. The controller includes a first controller that increases a pressure in the flow path, puts the solvent in a supercritical fluid state and maintains an env...