US Patent Issued to Colorado State University Research Foundation on Aug. 4 for "Flow control in microfluidic devices" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,616, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Flow control in microfluidic devices" was invented by Charles S. Henry (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Ilhoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device includes a device body defining a microfluidic pathway including a first channel, a second channel downstream of the first channel, and a junction including a transition between the first channel and the second channel. The transition is configured to inhibit fluid entering the transition from the first channel from forming a meniscus across the sec...