US Patent Issued to LABCYTE on Dec. 2 for "Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength droplets" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,975, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LABCYTE INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength droplets" was invented by Richard G. Stearns (Soquel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Focused acoustic radiation, referred to as tonebursts, are applied to a volume of liquid to generate a set of droplets. In one embodiment, a first toneburst is applied to temporarily raise a mound or protuberance on a free surface of the fluid. After the mound has reached a certain state, at least two additional toneburst can be applied to the protuberance to sequentially eject multiple bursts of mul...