US Patent Issued to Virginia Commonwealth University on Sept. 23 for "Ultrasonic electrospinning for the production of fine and ultrafine fibers" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,630, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va.).

"Ultrasonic electrospinning for the production of fine and ultrafine fibers" was invented by Daren Chen (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods employ advantages of ultrasonic vibration in the field of electrospinning. Fibers are produced from an ultrasonic nozzle exposed to an electric field established between the nozzle and a target object. Exemplary embodiments include electrospinning techniques that produce fine and ultrafine fibers in a high throughput via multiple jetting of spun solutions and melts...