US Patent Issued to Switchback Systems on April 22 for "Electrochemical fluidic valve and devices containing the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,373, issued on April 22, was assigned to Switchback Systems Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Electrochemical fluidic valve and devices containing the same" was invented by Mary S. Noe (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Eugene P. Marsh (El Granada, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluidic systems and devices include at least one reaction channel, the at least one reaction channel comprising: a working electrode; a counter electrode disposed at a distance from the working electrode; and a channel electrically connected to both the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein a voltage applied to the working electrode relative to the counte...