ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,949, issued on March 24, was assigned to Flxr Engineering Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Magnetic stirring apparatus for precise fluid management and fluid dynamics control" was invented by Cheng Ching K. Chiang (Wadsworth, Ohio), Sarah Mariska (Jombang, Indonesia) and Raphael Bourret (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic stir bar for use with magnetic stir plates, including at least one oriented blade designed to direct liquid flow upward or downward based on blade handedness and rotational direction of the magnetic stir driver. Upon rotational motion of the magnetic stir bar, a combination of axi...