ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,177, issued on May 20, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Blood based controls for complex panel" was invented by Yuming Tang (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Control compositions and methods of making the same are provided. Aspects of the control compositions include a first white blood cellular component including one or more positive control markers for white blood cells; a second cellular component including one or more positive control markers for hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells; and a third cellular component including one or more positive control markers for neoplastic cells, ...