US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on Sept. 16 for "Interpenetrating microstructures for nanochannel-based sampling and/or cargo delivery" (Ohio, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,058, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Interpenetrating microstructures for nanochannel-based sampling and/or cargo delivery" was invented by Daniel Gallego-Perez (Columbus, Ohio), Natalia Higuita-Castro (Columbus, Ohio), Lingqian Chang (Evanston, Ill.) and Chandan Sen (Upper Arlington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are devices and methods for topically and controllably delivering cargo or collecting samples into or from biological tissues, particularly the skin. These devices permit delivery of cargo and collection of samples from cell layers deep within a ...