ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,377, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SHENZHEN WATMIND MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Two-layer microfluidic chip with magnetic bead luminescence and detection system" was invented by Dong Wang (Guangdong, China), Yuxia Fan (Guangdong, China) and Quan Li (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a two-layer microfluidic chip with magnetic bead luminescence and a detection system. The chip comprises a top plate and a bottom plate. The top plate comprises a sample addition section, a conjugated ligand storage section, and a sample mixing area, wherein the sample mixing area is in communication respectively wi...