ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,689, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Vascular development monitoring systems and uses thereof" was invented by Michael Daniele (Raleigh, N.C.) and Patrick D. Erb (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are devices and systems that can be configured to and/or capable of monitoring and/or controlling fluid flow within microchannels and/or vessels in a microphysiological model. Described herein are aspects of a system configured to monitor and/or control fluid flow in a microfluidic device that can include a manifold device, where the manifold device can include...