ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,028, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Milan).
"Millifluidic device for advanced cultures of biological agents" was invented by Carmen Giordano (Milan), Manuela Teresa Raimondi (Milan), Luca Izzo (Roe' Volciano, Italy), Matteo Lagana (Longone al Segrino, Italy), Diego Albani (Limbiate, Italy) and Paola Petrini (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A millifluidic device for cultures of biological agents includes a main body having a first hole closed at the bottom, a separator a membrane fixed to the separator, and a plug closing the first hole. The separator is designed to be placed in the first hole and is ex...