ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,372, issued on March 31, was assigned to Japan Science and Technology Agency (Saitama, Japan).
"Microdroplet/bubble generation device" was invented by Takasi Nisisako (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microdroplet/bubble-generating device comprising a slit and a row of a plurality of microflow paths is constructed, in such a manner that either a continuous phase or dispersion phase is supplied to the slit, and so that the end of the slit, the other supply port for the continuous phase or dispersion phase and the liquid recovery port are connected. The plurality of microflow paths each have a narrow part where the cross-section...