ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,904, issued on June 3, was assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC (Bloomington, Ind.) and Muffin Inc. (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Cell tissue processing apparatus, systems, methods, and products" was invented by Neal Fearnot (West Lafayette, Ind.), Sarah Robbins (Lafayette, Ind.), Marc Buhrmester (Dayton, Ind.), Joshua Krieger (Topsfield, Mass.) and Gabriel Converse (Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Material processing apparatus, systems, methods, and products are described. An example of a material processing apparatus includes a holding member, a base, a tensioning member, an actuator, and a first inner member. The hol...