US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on Oct. 6 for "Large scale microdroplet generation apparatus and methods of manufacturing thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,269, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

"Large scale microdroplet generation apparatus and methods of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Sagar Yadavali (Philadelphia), David Issadore (Philadelphia) and Daeyeon Lee (Wynnewood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device includes at least one substrate formed of one or more silicon wafers. The substrate includes an inlet for receiving a continuous phase fluid; an inlet for receiving a dispersed phase fluid; and a plurality of channels. The plurality of channels are in fluid communication with both the inlet o...