ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,562, issued on March 17.
"Long-term storage and proportional dispensing device" was invented by Amin Kazemzadeh (Duluth, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein provide microfluidic device components that may be used independently as valves, pumps, filters or as storage containers (flasks) with integrated valve and pump mechanisms. The components described herein may be integrated into multiple microfluidic device designs, including centrifugal and non-centrifugal microfluidic devices ("linear microfluidic devices"). The components may be used to store and/or dispense and/or move various reagents that may be ...