US Patent Issued to IMT on July 22 for "Fluid line part for a microfluidic device, microfluidic device, and method for producing a microfluidic device" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,979, issued on July 22, was assigned to IMT AG (Greifensee, Switzerland).

"Fluid line part for a microfluidic device, microfluidic device, and method for producing a microfluidic device" was invented by Tobias Bauert (Rikon im Tosstal, Switzerland) and Anke Sanz-Velasco (Baden, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid line part for a microfluidic device includes a first substrate having a first surface in which at least one depression is provided, the depression forming a channel for conducting a fluid along a main flow direction. At least one support web extends lengthwise inside the channel along the main flow direction. ...