US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Dec. 16 for "Microfluidic trap" (Florida, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,583, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Microfluidic trap" was invented by Jason E. Butler (Gainesville, Fla.), Anthony J. Ladd (Gainesville, Fla.) and Mert Arca (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are microfluidic devices that can be configured to generate an electrophoretic flow that is in opposition to a fluid flow through a microcapillary of a microfluidic device provided herein. Also provided herein are methods that include adding an amount of particle to the inlet area of the microfluidic device as provided herein, generating a firs...