US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Hokkaido University on April 8 for "Flow channel structure and lipid particle or micelle formation method using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,001, issued on April 8, was assigned to National University Corporation Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan).

"Flow channel structure and lipid particle or micelle formation method using same" was invented by Manabu Tokeshi (Sapporo, Japan), Masatoshi Maeki (Sapporo, Japan), Yusuke Sato (Sapporo, Japan) and Hideyoshi Harashima (Sapporo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a flow channel structure with which lipid particles or micelles, which are useful as nano-sized carriers, for example, in drug delivery systems, are produced with good control of particle size; and a method for forming lipid particles or micelles usin...