US Patent Issued to INTEGRA Biosciences on Feb. 17 for "Multi-cartridge digital microfluidics apparatuses and methods of use" (Canadian, Argentinean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,895, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INTEGRA Biosciences AG (Zizers, Switzerland).

"Multi-cartridge digital microfluidics apparatuses and methods of use" was invented by Jorge Abraham Soto-Moreno (San Francisco), Mais Jehan Jebrail (Toronto) and Juan Matias DeCarli (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-throughput digital microfluidic (DMF) systems and methods (including devices, systems, cartridges, DMF apparatuses, etc.), are described herein. The systems, apparatuses and methods integrate liquid handling with the DMF apparatuses, providing flexible and efficient sample reactions and sample preparation. The...