ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,441, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Systems and methods for sampling" was invented by Stephen Tate (Barrie, Canada), Yves Le Blanc (Newmarket, Canada) and Thomas R. Covey (Newmarket, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a capillary having a first end connected to a sampling device and a second end. The sampling device is configured to separate a sample with a separation solution and deliver the sample and the separation solution to the second end. The second end is coupled to a capillary ground contact. A transport liquid supply system in fluidic communication...