ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,008, issued on July 21, was assigned to Bifrost Biosystems Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Microfluidic device having specifically designed detection chambers" was invented by Daniel Camsund (Uppsala, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a microfluidic device (10) comprising a microfluidic structure having multiple spatially defined cell capturing channels (2) configured for enabling growth of cells or genetic libraries of cells or cell strains that are capable of producing or secreting compounds. The microfluidic structure of the microfluidic device (10) further comprises multiple spatially defined detection chambers (1...