ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,751, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CYTONOME/ST LLC (Lexington, Mass.).
"Flow cell" was invented by Johnathan Charles Sharpe (Hamilton, New Zealand), Rudolf Hulspas (Maynard, Mass.) and Kristopher Scott Buchanan (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow cell for particle processing such as particle sorting, may be operatively engaged to a particle processing apparatus. The fluid contact surfaces of the flow cell may be fully enclosed. Further, the flow cell may encapsulate all fluid contact surfaces in the particle processing apparatus. The enclosing or encapsulation of the fluid contact surfaces insures, improve...