US Patent Issued to Cepheid on July 14 for "Diagnostic detection chip devices and methods of manufacture and assembly" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,787, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cepheid (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Diagnostic detection chip devices and methods of manufacture and assembly" was invented by Douglas B. Dority (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Diagnostic detection chip device designs that reduce cost of fabrication and assembly are described herein. Such chip device designs include features that facilitate use of the chip within a chip carrier device with integrated fluid flow control features and compatibility with conventional sample cartridges and sample processing systems. Associated methods of manufacture and assembly of the chip devices are ...