US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS on April 22 for "Renal tube assay device and methods of manufacture and use" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,333, issued on April 22, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kan.).

"Renal tube assay device and methods of manufacture and use" was invented by Andras Czirok (Roeland Park, Kan.) and Pamela Tran (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A renal tube assay device can include: a container having an inlet port and an outlet port; a matrix material in the container; and a lumen in the matrix material extending from the inlet port to the outlet port. The lumen can include a luminal surface with at least one low density region that has a lower density compared to another adjacent region of the matrix material that is ...