US Patent Issued to VRD on Aug. 5 for "Method and apparatus for enhanced separation and removal of contaminants and irradiated particulates from fluids" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,376, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to VRD LLC (Leesburg, Va.).

"Method and apparatus for enhanced separation and removal of contaminants and irradiated particulates from fluids" was invented by Robert Varrin (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for separation of radioactive particulates from liquids by filtration to remove or recover the particulates, that reduces the surfaces forces associated with electrostatic attraction between the particles and the filter medium by modifying or coating the surface of the filter medium with a material that exhibits a surface charge closer to or the same as that of th...