US Patent Issued to chrn on-chip biotechnologies on May 27 for "Microfluidic device for mechanically stimulating a material" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,361, issued on May 27, was assigned to chrn on-chip biotechnologies B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Microfluidic device for mechanically stimulating a material" was invented by Severine Le Gac (Enschede, Netherlands), Jeroen Christianus Hermanus Leijten (Enschede, Netherlands), Carlo Alberto Paggi (Enschede, Netherlands) and Bastien Venzac (Enschede, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a system comprising a microfluidic device for providing a mechanical stimulation to a material, the microfluidic device comprising a hosting chamber, a pressure array, and an elastic membrane, wherein the hosting chamber ...