ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,151, issued on June 17, was assigned to COMBINATI Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for sample processing" was invented by Ju-Sung Hung (Palo Alto, Calif.), Felicia Linn (Patterson, Calif.) and Andrew Zayac (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for processing a biological sample. The device may be a microfluidic device comprising a first channel, at least one chamber, and a second channel. The first channel may be in fluid communication with the chamber. The chamber may be configured to receive a portion of the biological sample from the channel....