US Patent Issued to CORNELL UNIVERSITY on March 25 for "Recirculating unidirectional perfusion flow devices and methods of use thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,579, issued on March 25, was assigned to CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Recirculating unidirectional perfusion flow devices and methods of use thereof" was invented by Michael L. Shuler (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Ying Wang (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is disclosed that comprises a base having first and second reservoirs, each having an inlet and an outlet, and a channel layer comprising an inlet channel in fluid communication with the inlets of the reservoirs, one or more outlet channels in fluid communication with the outlets of the reservoirs, and a channel network comprising at least one channel extending th...