ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,729, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CellFE Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for high-throughput cell processing" was invented by Sewoon Han (Albany, Calif.), Alexander Alexeev (Atlanta) and Todd Sulchek (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and systems for cell processing or, more specifically, for introducing various payloads into cells. These methods and systems use a mechanoporation approach in which cells are rapidly compressed and then released to relax while absorbing the payload. More specifically, these methods and systems enable high-throughput mechanoporation with various clogg...