ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,619, issued on July 1, was assigned to GENETRACK BIOLABS INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Methods and devices for mincing biological tissue" was invented by Edmond Tan-Loon Wong (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification describes devices, methods, and kits for mincing biological tissue. The method includes conforming biological tissue to having about uniform cross-sectional area planes along its length, and cutting the biological tissue. The conforming and cutting is performed cooperatively to control the size of the minced biological tissue. The device is suitable for use with the method."

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