US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on March 18 for "Gas loader cell for solid-state NMR spinning or static rotors" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,582, issued on March 18, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"Gas loader cell for solid-state NMR spinning or static rotors" was invented by Jason Mast (Plant City, Fla.) and Edwin Rivera (Land O' Lakes, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein relates to an apparatus and method for holding a solid state NMR rotor under vacuum gas exposure during ssMAS experiments. As such, in an embodiment, the novel gas loader cell apparatus may be miniaturized and/or formed from a material other than glass to provide ease of use, efficient use of gaseous materials, affordability, and portability. Additionally, i...