ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,983, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Dielectrophoresis detection device" was invented by Pierre-Emmanuel Thiriet (Ecublens, Switzerland), Carlotta Guiducci (Lonay, Switzerland), Gloria Porro (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Danashi Medagoda (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dielectrophoretic detection device including a chip, with a flow channel having at least one inlet and one outlet, and at least a detection area configured to detect analytes trapped on functionalised beads flowing within the flow channel, first and second electrode assembl...