US Patent Issued to Redbud Labs on Feb. 17 for "Magnetic-based actuation mechanisms for and methods of actuating magnetically responsive microposts in a reaction chamber" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,883, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Redbud Labs Inc. (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

"Magnetic-based actuation mechanisms for and methods of actuating magnetically responsive microposts in a reaction chamber" was invented by Richard Chasen Spero (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Jay Kenneth Fisher (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Magnetic-based actuation mechanisms for and methods of actuating magnetically responsive microposts in a reaction (or assay) chamber is disclosed. Namely, a microfluidics system is provided that includes a microfluidics device (or cartridge) that includes the reaction (or ass...