US Patent Issued to Oxford Nanopore Technologies on Feb. 17 for "Nanopore array with electrode connectors protected from electrostatic discharge" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,661, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Nanopore array with electrode connectors protected from electrostatic discharge" was invented by David Waterman (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component (8) adapted to engage with a receiver (6) has an array of contact pads (16) to removeably connect with a corresponding array of connectors (18) on the receiver (6). Each contact pad (16) of the array is electrically connected to the electrode (26) of a corresponding recess or well (28) that is part of a sensor, wherein a membrane is formable across each recess. ...