US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, AXOSIM on Feb. 24 for "3D microelectrode array (MEA) for optical and electrical probing of electrogenic cells" (Florida, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,364, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) and AXOSIM Inc. (New Orleans).

"3D microelectrode array (MEA) for optical and electrical probing of electrogenic cells" was invented by Swaminathan Rajaraman (Winter Park, Fla.), Charles M. Didier (Orlando, Fla.), Avra Kundu (Orlando, Fla.), Lowry Curley (New Orleans), Michael J. Moore (New Orleans), Hieu Nguyen (New Orleans) and Corey Rountree (New Orleans).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are novel 3D microelectrode arrays (3D MEA) that include a substrate body (e.g. chip), microneedles, traces, and a well, w...