ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,887, issued on May 20, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a microfluidic arrangement, and a microfluidic arrangement" was invented by Peter Richard Cook (Oxford, Great Britain), Alexander Feuerborn (Oxford, Great Britain) and Edmond Walsh (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a microfluidic arrangement are disclosed. In one arrangement a continuous body of a first liquid is provided in direct contact with a substrate. A second liquid is provided in direct contact with the first liquid and covering t...