US Patent Issued to CORNING on Oct. 21 for "Fluidic devices including microplates with interconnected wells" (Maine, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,594, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Fluidic devices including microplates with interconnected wells" was invented by Gregory Roger Martin (Acton, Maine) and Allison Jean Tanner (Portsmouth, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidic device for culturing cells includes a microplate and plate lid. The microplate includes multiple wells and channels, the channels extending between the wells such that the channels interconnect the wells. The plate lid releasably engages the microplate to thereby enclose the wells and the channels. The wells include a culture surface such that a cell culture medium re...