ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,654, issued on June 23, was assigned to Technische Universitat Wien (Vienna).
"Microfluidic device" was invented by Mario Rothbauer (Pfaffstatten, Austria), Peter Ertl (Vienna) and Silvia Schobesberger (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a microfluidic device (1), preferably for producing a three-dimensional cell culture, having at least one chamber (2), and a fluid channel (3) which flows through at least part of the chamber (2) in order to provide a fluid stream which flows through the chamber (2) preferably continuously, wherein the chamber (2) is connected to a loading opening (4) and via the l...