US Patent Issued to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN on June 9 for "Activation and pressure balancing mechanism" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,153, issued on June 9, was assigned to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Leuven, Belgium).

"Activation and pressure balancing mechanism" was invented by Jeroen Lammertyn (Huldenberg, Belgium), Dries Vloemans (Wezenmaal, Belgium), Lorenz Van Hileghem (Steenhuffel, Belgium) and Francesco Dal Dosso (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, the disclosure relates to a fluid conduit device, such as microfluidic technique, with minimal operation. More specifically, the present invention relates to an activation and pressure balancing mechanism suitable for robust activation of fluid conduit devices."

The patent was filed on...