ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,948, issued on March 24, was assigned to INFUSION TECHNOLOGY INC. (Baton Rouge, La.).

"Submersible system for production of a stabilized gas flux" was invented by Michael Dunigan (Fairhope, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diffusion system comprising an upper unit and a lower unit. The upper unit comprises a series of tubing that is situated so as to effectuate collision of the fluid and air molecules. The upper unit uses vortex winding and unwinding and pressure gradients to avoid gas and liquid separation to accomplish successful collisions between a gas and a liquid. The lower unit comprises a filtering system, liquid intake...