ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,677, issued on March 18, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT (Darmstadt, Germany).

"Fluidic device, fluidic system, and method for developing three-dimensional cellular constructions" was invented by Ulrike Nuber (Muhltal, Germany), Heinz Koeppl (Darmstadt, Germany), Steffen Hardt (Gross-Zimmern, Germany) and Katrin Topfer (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidic device, a fluidic system and a method for developing a cellular starting material into a three-dimensional cellular structure. The fluidic device includes a base body which includes a chamber in which a matrix is received, into which the cel...