ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,288, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.).

"Fluid analysis devices" was invented by Savas Tasoglu (Istanbul), Reza Amin (Farmington, Conn.) and Stephanie Knowlton (Walpole, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid analysis device can include a fluid inlet opening configured to receive a test fluid, and one or more fluid distribution channels in fluid communication with the fluid inlet opening and configured to receive and distribute the test fluid from the fluid inlet opening using a passive self-loading mechanism. The device can include a plurality of assays fluidly isolated from each ...