US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on April 21 for "Device for electrokinetic focusing and electrical detection of particles and chemical species facilitated by a porous electrode" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,543, issued on April 21, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Device for electrokinetic focusing and electrical detection of particles and chemical species facilitated by a porous electrode" was invented by Robbyn K. Anand (Ames, Iowa) and Beatrise Berzina (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-throughput microfluidic devices comprising one or more fluidic microchannels each with at least one flow-through 3D structure comprising a 3D electrode, or alternatively a 3D permselective structure, and optional secondary bead bed(s) are disclosed. Such devices can be used for counter-flow fo...