US Patent Issued to NUCLERA on July 29 for "Microfluidic devices containing reversibly pinned droplet samples and methods" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,550, issued on July 29, was assigned to NUCLERA LTD (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Microfluidic devices containing reversibly pinned droplet samples and methods" was invented by Luke Slominski (Sharon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device comprising: (a) a plate comprising a substrate, a plurality of electrodes, and a first layer of hydrophobic material applied over the plurality of electrodes; (b) a processing unit operably programmed to perform a method of pinning an aqueous droplet within the microfluidic device; and (c) a controller operably connected to a power source, the processing unit, and the plurality o...