US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on May 26 for "Microfluidic platform for controlling and configuring the spatial and temporal evolution of a gradient in a microfluidic environment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,644, issued on May 26, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Microfluidic platform for controlling and configuring the spatial and temporal evolution of a gradient in a microfluidic environment" was invented by David J. Beebe (Madison, Wis.), Jose Ayuso (Madison, Wis.), Maria Virumbrales Munoz (Verona, Wis.) and Cristina Sanchez de Diego (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic platform is provided for controlling and configuring the evolution of a gradient. The microfluidic platform includes a plate having an outer surface and defining a chamber therein for receiving cells and/or d...