ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,373, issued on May 27, was assigned to Xilis Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Closed loop control of microfluidic systems" was invented by Bradley Scott Thomas (Cary, N.C.), Timothy A. Miller (Durham, N.C.) and David Stafford (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes flowing a first fluid through a first channel of a microfluidic apparatus and flowing a second fluid through a second channel of the microfluidic apparatus. The first fluid comprises biological material and a matrix material and is immiscible with the second fluid. The first and second fluids are combined at a junction to form droplets of the first fluid disper...