US Patent Issued to AbClonal Science on March 11 for "Adjustable plate holder for cell cultures" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,191, issued on March 11, was assigned to AbClonal Science Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).

"Adjustable plate holder for cell cultures" was invented by Yang Xiang (Winchester, Mass.), Alexa Vahey (Peabody, Mass.) and Aine Quimby (Newburyport, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for angling a multi-well plate during shaking on a typical low speed laboratory incubator-shaker to facilitate cell growth. An assembly with a holder for a deep-well multi-well plate to attach it to a base has an adjustable-angle joint. The base is attached to a conventional incubator shaker tray via screws or a sticky pad. The adjustable-angle joi...