US Patent Issued to CHANDLERTEC on July 8 for "Apparatus and methods for sample acquisition" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,681, issued on July 8, was assigned to CHANDLERTEC INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Apparatus and methods for sample acquisition" was invented by Van Chandler (Austin, Texas) and Joaquin Campos (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for sample acquisition, including for example, samples for flow cytometry systems. Certain embodiments include a plurality of plates, valves, and conduits. In particular embodiments, the plates are stacked and the conduits extend through stack of plates, and in specific embodiments each valve is in fluid communication with a conduit."

The patent was filed on Nov. 20, 2023, under Applica...