ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,893, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Akadeum Life Sciences Inc. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Method and system for buoyant separation" was invented by Casey Wegner (Ann Arbor, Mich.), William Lloyd (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Brandon H. McNaughton (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Brittany MacIntyre (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for buoyant separation includes a separation container. Additionally or alternatively, the system can include an automated instrument, one or more processing components, and/or any other components. A method for buoyant separation can include any or all of: manipulating the separation container; adding ma...