US Patent Issued to NOVEL MICRODEVICES on July 29 for "Sample-to-answer microfluidic system and method including vertical microfluidic device and automated actuation mechanisms" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,544, issued on July 29, was assigned to NOVEL MICRODEVICES INC. (Baltimore).

"Sample-to-answer microfluidic system and method including vertical microfluidic device and automated actuation mechanisms" was invented by Andrea Maria Dominic Pais (Annapolis, Md.), Rohan Joseph Alexander Pais (Annapolis, Md.), Nicholas Watkins (Pasadena, Md.) and Hamdi Joda (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample-to-answer microfluidic system and method including vertical microfluidic device and automated actuation mechanisms, such as, but not limited to, automated mechanical and/or magnetic actuation, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the sam...