US Patent Issued to University of Virgina Patent Foundation on Feb. 17 for "Storage of corrosive materials on a fiber-based fluidic device and related methods thereof" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,885, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to University of Virgina Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Storage of corrosive materials on a fiber-based fluidic device and related methods thereof" was invented by James P. Landers (Charlottesville, Va.) and Killian O'Connell (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidic storage device capable of long-term storage of biological, chemical, and biochemical substances, including fluids and solids of a corrosive nature or generally incompatible with traditional reagent storage methods like blister packs. The fluidic device employs a fiber-based substrate which allows the s...