ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,814, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for cell staining without cell loss" was invented by Min Seok Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method and apparatus for cell staining without cell loss, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for cell staining without cell loss during treatment of a staining reagent or washing reagent by immobilizing cells to be analyzed in a phase change material before staining. A method for cell staining without cell loss may effectively prevent cell loss during staini...