ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,671, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE LILLE, CENTRALE LILLE INSTITUT, UNIVERSITE POLYTECHNIQUE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, YNCREA HAUTS DE FRANCE and SORBONNE UNIVERSITE.
"Electroacoustic device for manipulating objects in a liquid" was invented by Michael Boudoin (Lezennes, France), Jean-Louis Thomas (Montgeron, France), Antoine Riaud (La Roche sur Yon, France) and Olivier Boumatar (Lille, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electroacoustic device for generating an acoustic wave includes: a piezoelectric substrate; first electrodes arranged on the piezoelectric substrate, each ...