US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on July 15 for "Apparatus and methods for bubble traps in fluidic devices" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,988, issued on July 15, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Apparatus and methods for bubble traps in fluidic devices" was invented by Sape de Vries (Orleans, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluidic devices that include bubble traps are provided. A substrate for a fluidic device includes a first channel to carry a fluid; a chamber, coupled to the first channel, to receive the fluid from the first channel, the chamber having a top and a bottom; a second channel, coupled to the chamber, to receive the fluid from the chamber; and a plurality of barriers adjacent to the top of the chamber. The pl...