ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,509, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to miDiagnostics NV (Heverlee, Belgium).
"Pressure-assisted flow in a microfluidic system" was invented by Benjamin Jones (Leuven, Belgium) and Stephane Donnay (Leuven, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present inventive concept relates to a microfluidic system for pressure-assisted capillary-driven flowing of a liquid. The system comprises: a first sub-system comprising a capillary flow channel, having a first flow resistance, arranged to receive the liquid and to flow the liquid along the capillary flow channel; a second sub-system comprising a pressure-assisting flow channel, having a ...