US Patent Issued to DUKE UNIVERSITY on Sept. 9 for "Systems, devices, and methods for separating and washing microorganisms" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,193, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for separating and washing microorganisms" was invented by William Parker (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides materials and methods for separating organisms from various other components of a composition. In particular, the present disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods for separating and washing helminths from contaminants such as bacteria."

The patent was filed on Nov. 27, 2019, under Application No. 17/296,908.

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