US Patent Issued to Xilis on July 29 for "Integrated microfluidic system for generation of droplets" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,549, issued on July 29, was assigned to Xilis Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Integrated microfluidic system for generation of droplets" was invented by Bradley Scott Thomas (Cary, N.C.), Timothy A. Miller (Durham, N.C.), Daniel Nelson (Durham, N.C.), Raheel Samuel (Durham, N.C.), George Robinson (Durham, N.C.) and Tyler Welder (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic apparatus includes a microfluidic chip for MicroOrganoSpheres (MOS) generation. A first channel is defined in a surface of the microfluidic chip and includes: a droplet generation portion including an inlet portion, a junction between the inlet portion and an e...