US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago, UChicago Argonne on March 24 for "Microfluidic and MEMS cell lysis system and method" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,094, issued on March 24, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago) and UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago).

"Microfluidic and MEMS cell lysis system and method" was invented by Anindita Basu (Chicago), Abhiteja Konda (San Jose, Calif.), Pavani Vamsi Krishna Nittala (Westmont, Ill.) and Supratik Guha (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for mechanical processing of cells includes using a frame (102) forming an inlet channel (104), an outlet channel (106), and a processing chamber (108) fluidly connected between the inlet and outlet channels, wherein the processing chamber includes an anvil surface (112) fo...