ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,417, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Shenzhen Vitavitro Biotech Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Microfluidic chip and microfluidic device for physicochemically treating single cell, and method for physicochemically treating single cell by using microfluidic chip and microfluidic device" was invented by Xiaozhen Lin (Shenzhen, China), Jie Wu (Shenzhen, China) and Yanjing Fang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a microfluidic chip for physicochemically treating a single cell whose diameter is 50-400 micrometers. The body of the microfluidic chip comprises a fluidic layer, a pneumatic layer, and an elastic film ...