US Patent Issued to City University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Aug. 5 for "Microfluidic device and method for detecting an infected cell in a fluid sample" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,414, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Microfluidic device and method for detecting an infected cell in a fluid sample" was invented by Bee Luan Khoo (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Song Lin Chua (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Junchen Liao (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device containing an inlet, a microchannel in fluid communication with the inlet, and a plurality of outlets in fluid communication with the microchannel. The microchannel contains a loop; or from about 1 loop to about 50 loops; or from a...