ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,747, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Bubble based sample isolation in a transport liquid" was invented by Peter Kovarik (Markham, Canada), Bradley B. Schneider (Bradford, Canada) and Thomas R. Covey (Newmarket, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of evacuating a liquid sample from an open port interface (OPI) via a pressure drop includes applying the pressure drop to a transport liquid. This application generates a plurality of bubbles in the transport liquid during evacuation of the transport liquid from the OPI via a transfer conduit. The liquid sample is separated f...