US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 7 for "Flow cytometers including fiber optic light collectors, and methods of use thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,086, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Flow cytometers including fiber optic light collectors, and methods of use thereof" was invented by Kyle Dembski (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flow cytometers having fiber optic light collectors are provided. Aspects of the subject flow cytometers involve a flow cell configured to transport particles in a core stream, a light source configured to produce a beam for irradiating the particles in the core stream and a fiber optic light collector for receiving particle-modulated light from the irradiated particles and conveying...