ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,021, issued on June 10, was assigned to UFRACTION8 Ltd. (Falkirk, Great Britain).
"Microfluidic device" was invented by Brian Maxdell Miller (Falkirk, Great Britain) and Monika Jagoda Tomecka (Falkirk, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microfluidic devices are provided for separating particulates that have a major dimension above a predetermined threshold value from a fluid, the device comprising an inlet, an inlet channel, a curved channel, a separation chamber, a first outlet and a second outlet; the inlet being connected to the inlet channel, the inlet channel is connected to the curved channel, the curved channel is co...