US Patent Issued to Microcaps, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH)Zurich on March 3 for "Device and method for generating droplets" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,820, issued on March 3, was assigned to Microcaps AG (Schlieren, Switzerland) and Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH)Zurich (Zurich).

"Device and method for generating droplets" was invented by Nicolas Sollich (Zurich), Michael Hagander (Zurich) and Alessandro Ofner (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating a dispersion of a first phase in a second phase includes a first inlet opening into a first chamber and being configured to supply a first phase and a second inlet opening into a second chamber and being configured to supply a second phase. A dispersion outlet is configured to collect the dispers...