ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,022, issued on June 10, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Microfluidic device, system, and method for the study of organisms" was invented by Matteo Cornaglia (Bussigny-pres-Lausanne, Switzerland), Martin Gijs (Ecublens, Switzerland) and Daniel Migliozzi (Vittuone, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a microfluidic device for the culture, selection and/or analysis of sample organisms such as nematodes, as well as for other biological entities such as for instance animal embryos. The device features reservoirs, culture chambers and smart filtering systems...