US Patent Issued to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Microfluidic device and method of manufacture thereof" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,498, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Microfluidic device and method of manufacture thereof" was invented by Sabrina Marie Wells Torres (Lee's Summit, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device having hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The microfluidic device may include one or more channels formed using a short-pulse laser that are configured for separation or mixing of fluids. The microfluidic device may further include hydrophilic or hydrophobic surfaces configured to aid in the separation or m...