ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,141, issued on June 24, was assigned to TONGJI UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).
"Method for stabilizing heavy metal and antibiotic by coupling slow mineralization of calcium phosphate liquid precursor with continuous flow" was invented by Lan Ling (Shanghai) and Xin Qiao (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for stabilizing heavy metals and antibiotics by coupling slow mineralization of a calcium phosphate liquid precursor with a continuous flow of contaminants is provided. In the method, a mixed solution containing a calcium salt, a phosphate, collagen and a polymer is pumped into a packed column with a wet packing method. To-be-t...