ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,629, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Microfluidic device for spraying very small drops of liquids" was invented by Domenico Giusti (Caponago, Italy), Gianluca Gulli' (Sesto San Giovanni, Italy), Francesco Ferrario (Verano Brianza, Italy), Davide Maerna (Agrate Brianza, Italy) and Lorenzo Tentori (Verano Brianza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device has a chamber; a fluidic access channel in fluidic connection with the chamber; a plurality of nozzle apertures in fluidic connection with the chamber; and an actuator, operatively coupled to the fluid containment c...