US Patent Issued to The Florida State University Research Foundation on Jan. 13 for "Rotor cap removing tools, microwave guides, and methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,722, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Rotor cap removing tools, microwave guides, and methods" was invented by Thierry Dubroca (Tallahassee, Fla.), Bianca Trociewitz (Tallahassee, Fla.), Johannes McKay (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Frederic Mentink-Vigier (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for removing caps, such as NMR rotor caps. The apparatuses and methods may permit caps to be removed in a manner that minimizes damage to equipment and instruments. Microwave waveguides that may include an elongated waveguide, a spline hor...