ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,858, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Waters Technologies Corp. (Milford, Mass.).
"Passive solvent mixer for liquid chromatography" was invented by Fabrice Gritti (Franklin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a mixer for a liquid chromatography system. The mixer includes an inlet, an outlet, a first flow channel, and a second flow channel. The inlet receives a fluid flow to be mixed and the outlet provides the mixed fluid flow. Each of the two flow channels is coupled between the inlet and the outlet. The second flow channel includes an offset volume that delays fluid propagation through the second flow channel relat...