ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,853, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Centrifuge unit for a microfluidic device for processing liquid samples" was invented by Tanja Maucher (Stuttgart, Germany), Franz Laermer (Weil der Stadt, Germany) and Hannah Bott (Straubenhardt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifuge unit for a microfluidic device for processing liquid samples includes a centrifuge cup and at least one centripetal force-dependent valve function."
The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 2020, under Application No. 17/753,422.
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