US Patent Issued to CYTONOME/ST on March 11 for "Edge chip" (New Zealander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,297, issued on March 11, was assigned to CYTONOME/ST LLC (Lexington, Mass.).

"Edge chip" was invented by Johnathan Charles Sharpe (Hamilton, New Zealand) and Donald Francis Perrault Jr. (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods taught herein enable simultaneous forward and side detection of light originating within a microfluidic channel disposed in a substrate. At least a portion of the microfluidic channel is located in the substrate relative to a first side surface of the substrate to enable simultaneous detection paths with respect to extinction (i.e., 0deg) and side detection (i.e., 90deg). The locatio...