US Patent Issued to CORNELL UNIVERSITY on Nov. 11 for "Methods for evaluating rheotaxis quality in a sperm-containing sample and systems therefor" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,914, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Methods for evaluating rheotaxis quality in a sperm-containing sample and systems therefor" was invented by Alireza Abbaspourrad (Ithaca, N.Y.), Mohammad Yaghoobi (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Morteza Azizi (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to a systems for quantifying rheotaxis in a sperm-containing sample. The system includes a microfluidic system having an inlet for charging fluids into a passage. One or more probes defining a confinement region suitable for retaining motile sperm are within the passage. The system further co...