ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,020, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Microfluidic detection system, control method therefor, and refrigerator" was invented by Bintang Zhao (Qingdao, China), Bin Fei (Qingdao, China) and Haoquan Liu (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a microfluidic detection system (1), a control method therefor, and a refrigerator (100). The microfluidic detection system (1) includes a microfluidic biochip (10), a sample liquid driving apparatus (40), and a detection mechanism (20). The microfluidic biochip (10) is provid...