US Patent Issued to Waters Technologies on March 25 for "Micro solid phase extraction devices and methods" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,369, issued on March 25, was assigned to Waters Technologies Corp. (Milford, Mass.).

"Micro solid phase extraction devices and methods" was invented by Martin Gilar (Franklin, Mass.), Thomas S. McDonald (Littleton, Mass.), Joseph D. Michienzi (Plainville, Mass.), Jeffrey Musacchio (Sharon, Mass.), Rachel Mumma (Mullica Hill, N.J.), Keith Fadgen (Hope Valley, R.I.) and Geoff C. Gerhardt (Woonsocket, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sample preparation and separation can be performed using a sample cartridge (201). The cartridge includes a barrel (204) with a first and second end, a column segment (209) connected to the second end o...