US Patent Issued to THINXXS MICROTECHNOLOGY on Oct. 7 for "Flow cell comprising a storage zone and a duct that can be opened at a predetermined breaking point" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,240, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THINXXS MICROTECHNOLOGY GMBH (Zweibrucken, Germany).

"Flow cell comprising a storage zone and a duct that can be opened at a predetermined breaking point" was invented by Lutz Weber (Zweibrucken, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow cell having at least one storage zone connected to a duct for conducting fluid out of, into or/and through the storage zone. The duct includes a duct section which is delimited by a substrate and a film joined to the substrate and in which the duct is sealed and can be opened at a predetermined breaking point by deflecting the film. The film covers a recess i...