ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,019, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Concentration device and concentration method" was invented by Takashi Kondo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shunsuke Kitamura (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masamichi Shiko (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takashi Ito (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Satoshi Murata (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concentration device for concentrating a liquid containing a target object, the concentration device including: a container configured to store the liquid containing the target object; a filter in the container; and a position control portion configured to change a positi...