US Patent Issued to Waters Technologies on Jan. 27 for "Liquid-chromatography apparatus having diffusion-bonded titanium components" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,468, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Waters Technologies Corp. (Milford, Mass.).

"Liquid-chromatography apparatus having diffusion-bonded titanium components" was invented by Theodore A. Dourdeville (Falmouth, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid chromatography apparatus includes a diffusion-bonded separation column comprising a lower substrate comprising titanium, an upper substrate comprising titanium, and a titanium patterned foil disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The lower substrate, titanium patterned foil, and upper substrate are diffusion bonded together to form a fluid path extending fr...