US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Microfluidics system, instrument, and cartridge including self-aligning optical fiber system and method" (Canadian, Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,297, issued on Sept. 9.

"Microfluidics system, instrument, and cartridge including self-aligning optical fiber system and method" was invented by Krishna Iyer (Waterloo, Canada), Eikky Lim Eng Kuan (Singapore) and Gordon H. Hall (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to microfluidics systems, instruments, and cartridges including self-aligning optical fiber systems and methods of use thereof. More specifically, the disclosure describes a microfluidics instrument including an optical detection system, microfluidics cartridge, and a self-aligning optical fiber system capable of coupling the...