ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,882, issued on March 24.

"Device for detecting and identifying analytes in a multicomponent environment and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Aleksander Evgenevich Kuznetsov (Zelenograd, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to electronic devices for the high sensitivity and selectivity detection and identification of volatile compounds in a gaseous medium, as well as of dissolved compounds in aqueous solutions. The claimed integrated circuit is intended for detecting and identifying analytes in a multicomponent medium and comprises at least one first microfluidic channel integrated in at l...