US Patent Issued to LEADWAY (HK) on July 29 for "Multifunctional microvalve capable of controlling flow of fluid, microfluidic chip and method" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,168, issued on July 29, was assigned to LEADWAY (HK) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Multifunctional microvalve capable of controlling flow of fluid, microfluidic chip and method" was invented by Xin Zhang (Hangzhou Zhejiang, China), Zanbiao Peng (Hangzhou Zhejiang, China) and Yi Wang (Hangzhou Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microvalve (8), comprising a first flow guide channel (841) for communicating with microchannels (401, 402, 403, 404) in a chip and a second flow guide channel (842) for communicating liquid storage recesses (11, 12) in the chip to the ambient atmosphere, wherein the first flow guide channel and the second f...