ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,317, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Cell poration and transfection apparatuses" was invented by Alexander Govyadinov (Corvallis, Ore.), Viktor Shkolnikov (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Diane R. Hammerstad (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a channel, an energy source, and a transfection chamber. The channel includes an indentation to hold a cell. The energy source is to apply a shockwave to the cell in the channel to porate the cell. The transfection chamber is to store a reagent to be inserted i...