US Patent Issued to Cornell University on May 6 for "Integrated microfluidic device for capture and spectroscopic characterization of live cells under various treatment conditions" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,380, issued on May 6, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Integrated microfluidic device for capture and spectroscopic characterization of live cells under various treatment conditions" was invented by Gennady Shvets (Ithaca, N.Y.), Glen Kelp (Ithaca, N.Y.) and He Huang (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection unit, device, and system for cell capture, spectral analysis, and drug interaction monitoring. The detection unit includes an IR-transparent substrate connected to a plasmonic metasurface with an array of metallic antennas. In a detection device, the detection unit is connected to a microfluidic ...