ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,513, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CAPITAINER AB (Stockholm).
"Microfluidic device" was invented by Anna Ohlander (Hagersten, Sweden), Hans Peter Starck-Johnson (Stockholm), Janosch Hauser (Stockholm), Goran Stemme (Lidingo, Sweden) and Niclas Roxhed (Bromma, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a microfluidic device and a method for transporting and sampling a defined volume of plasma, providing a fluid passageway from an inlet to an outlet comprising a first region with the inlet with a first high flow resistance configured to receive and collect a whole blood sample and to separate plasma; and a second regi...