US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Aug. 5 for "Clamps for applying an immobilizing force to a photodetector, and systems and methods for using the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,303, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Clamps for applying an immobilizing force to a photodetector, and systems and methods for using the same" was invented by Andrew Klassen (San Jose, Calif.) and Jason Bradley Ersepke (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photodetector clamps are provided. Clamps of interest include one or more flexure arms for applying an immobilizing force to one or more photodetectors positioned within a light detection module, and are configured to be positioned on top of a detector block. In embodiments, the bottom of the one or more flexure arms inc...