ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,001, issued on July 22, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Microfluidic device for spraying small drops of liquids" was invented by Domenico Giusti (Monza, Italy), Andrea Nicola Colecchia (Agrate Brianza, Italy) and Claudio Crippa (Concorezzo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device provided in a body accommodating a fluid containment chamber. A fluidic access channel and a drop emission channel are formed in the body and are in fluidic connection with the fluid containment chamber to form a fluidic path towards the body outside through a nozzle having an outlet section. An actuator...