ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,074, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CYTIVA SWEDEN AB (Uppsala, Sweden).

"Optical flow cell for bioprocessing" was invented by Hanno Ehring (Uppsala, Sweden) and Klaus Gebauer (Uppsala, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an optical flow cell and a method for bioprocessing applications. The optical flow cell comprises a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid flow channel provided between said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet. The optical flow cell also comprises an output optical waveguide configured to emit light into said fluid flow channel, and a collector optical waveguide to collect light from said fluid fl...