US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Feb. 10 for "Parahydrogen hyperpolarization membrane reactor" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,837, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Parahydrogen hyperpolarization membrane reactor" was invented by Thomas Theis (Raleigh, N.C.), Milad Abolhasani (Raleigh, N.C.), Patrick Tomhon (Raleigh, N.C.), Soren Lehmkuhl (Raleigh, N.C.) and Suyong Han (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a compact membrane reactor for parahydrogen induced hyperpolarization, the reactor including an inner tube constructed of a semipermeable membrane, an outer tube surrounding the inner tube, and a means for controlling the magnetic field surrounding the oute...