US Patent Issued to Texas Tech University System on Jan. 20 for "Automated microfluidic system for lifespan and healthspan analysis in nematodes" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,693, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas).

"Automated microfluidic system for lifespan and healthspan analysis in nematodes" was invented by Siva A. Vanapalli (Lubbock, Texas), Taslim Anupom (Lubbock, Texas), Mizanur Rahman (Lubbock, Texas) and Siddhartha Gupta (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a system and method for analyzing animals including: a media reservoir and a media pump in fluid communication with the media reservoir; a food reservoir and a food pump in fluid communication with the food reservoir; an input port in fluid communication wi...