US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Nov. 18 for "Linear fluidic cell trap device for single cell detection" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,250, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Linear fluidic cell trap device for single cell detection" was invented by Frank Robert Libsch (White Plains, N.Y.) and Venkat K. Balagurusamy (Airmont, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing structure is provided and includes a tubular element through which a fluid is flowable along a single path, an array of sensors disposed along a length of the tubular element whereby the fluid is flowable through each of the sensors and sensing circuitry electrically connected with each of the sensors and configured to measure a reactance of eac...