ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,427, issued on Sept. 8.

"Centrifugal piston and centrifugal separation device having same" was invented by Jun Seok Lee (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a centrifugal piston including a piston body and a weight. In a centrifugal environment, a first outer weight surface of the weight is configured to get in contact with a first inner body surface of the piston body, and a gap is formed between the first inner body surface and a recess of the weight."

The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/038,383.

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