ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,612, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Cell harvesting apparatus" was invented by Weston Blaine Griffin (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Austin Lines (Merrimack, N.H.), Dan Harris (Merrimack, N.H.), David Schuelke (Hudson, Wis.) and Krystal Burger (Hudson, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a cell harvesting instrument suitable for concentrating cells from a source suspension of cells and/or washing said cells, the instrument comprising: a housing for accommodating mechanical elements including at least one fluid pump, at least one valve; and a processing kit rem...