US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on July 14 for "Artificial placenta and methods of preparation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,065, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

"Artificial placenta and methods of preparation" was invented by Dongeun Huh (Villanova, Pa.) and Cassidy Blundell (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed subject matter provides a microfluidic device that can simulate capillary blood flow on a fetal side of the device and pooled blood on a maternal side of the device (i.e., intervillous space). The microfluidic device can reconstitute the maternal-fetal interface, can expand the capabilities of cell culture models, and can provide an alternative to curr...