ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,516, issued on July 22, was assigned to Cytek Biosciences Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Smart flow cytometers with self monitoring fluidics" was invented by Janine Jiang (Danville, Calif.) and David Vrane (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart flow cytometer is disclosed including a plurality of tanks holding fluids for operation of a flow cytometer; a plurality of level sensors respectively coupled to the plurality of tanks; a plurality of valves coupled to one or more tubes for operation of the flow cytometer; one or more flow sensors coupled to the one or more tubes for monitoring flow rates; and a microcontroller cou...