ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,372, issued on May 6, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and JUNIA (Lille, France).
"Measuring device and method for measuring characteristics of cells" was invented by Dominique Collard (Lambersart, France), Hiroyuki Fujita (Tokyo), Stanislav Karsten (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Mehmet Cagatay Tarhan (Lambersart, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a measuring device (10) for measuring physical characteristics of cells. The device (10) comprises: a microfluidic chip (20) provided with a flow channel (22) for allowing cells to flow through; a manipulator (24) co...