ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,562, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SHANGHAI VITALGEN BIOPHARMA Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Sinuous microstructure mixing unit and use thereof" was invented by Xi Zhu (Shanghai), Chenxi Hou (Shanghai) and Xiaoping Zhao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a sinuous microstructure mixing unit, and also relates to a microfluidic device having the unit, and the use of the unit or the device for preparing nanoparticles, such as lipid nanoparticles or self-assembled particles."

The patent was filed on Feb. 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/836,160.

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