US Patent Issued to INTEGRA Biosciences on Oct. 20 for "Digital microfluidics apparatuses and methods for manipulating and processing encapsulated droplets" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,514, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to INTEGRA Biosciences AG (Zizers, Switzerland).

"Digital microfluidics apparatuses and methods for manipulating and processing encapsulated droplets" was invented by Mais J. Jebrail (Toronto), Alexandra Judy Cho (Toronto) and Foteini Christodoulou (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Air-matrix digital microfluidics (DMF) apparatuses and methods of using them to prevent or limit evaporation and surface fouling of the DMF apparatus. In particular, described herein are air-matrix DMF apparatuses and methods of using them including thermally controllable regions with a wax material that may...