ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,716, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Mildendo Gesellschaft fur Mikrofluidische Systeme MBH (Jena, Germany).

"Microfluidic device and method for use thereof for the separation, purification and concentration of components of fluid media" was invented by Claudia Gartner (Jena, Germany), Richard Klemm (Jena, Germany) and Christian Moche (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a microfluidic device and to a method for use thereof for the separation, purification and concentration of components of fluid media. The invention relates in particular to a microfluidic device and a method for processing blood s...