ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,500, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Triad National Security LLC (Los Alamos, N.M.).
"Microfluidic device" was invented by Kiersten Danielle Lenz (Los Alamos, N.M.), Harshini Mukundan (Los Alamos, N.M.), Pulak Nath (Los Alamos, N.M.), Jennifer Foster Harris (Los Alamos, N.M.) and Aaron S. Anderson (Los Alamos, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device can include at least one separation unit defining a first chamber fluidly coupled to an opening and a trap chamber disposed downstream of the opening, and a second chamber that extends radially outwardly of the opening. The second chamber can be offset from the first ...