ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,011, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LumaCyte Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).
"Apparatus for holding a microfluidic chip" was invented by Sean Hart (Charlottesville, Va.), Colin Hebert (Charlottesville, Va.), Christopher Field (Charlottesville, Va.) and Shweta Krishnan (Charlottesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic chip configuration wherein injection occurs in an upwards vertical direction, and fluid vessels are located below the chip in order to minimize particle settling before and at the analysis portion of the chip's channels. The input and fluid flow up through the bottom of the chip, in one aspect using a ma...