ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,281, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Microchannel chip" was invented by Kazuhiko Imamura (Osaka, Japan) and Nobuhiko Inui (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microchannel chip (1) includes: a first channel (201); a reagent holder (230); a gas inlet (210) communicating with the first channel; a lid (50) closing the gas inlet; and a second channel (202) provided downstream of the first channel. A specimen holder (240) is provided downstream of the reagent holder (230). When the lid (50) closes the gas inlet (210), gas is supplied to the first channel (201) and pushes out the re...