ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,239, issued on June 17, was assigned to INGURAN LLC (Navasota, Texas).

"Magnetic removal or identification of damaged or compromised cells or cellular structures" was invented by Kristie Krug (Upper Arlington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for magnetic cellular manipulation may include contacting a composition with a biological sample to form a mixture. The composition may include a plurality of particles. Each particle in the plurality of particles may include a magnetic substrate. The magnetic substrate may be characterized by a magnetic susceptibility greater than zero. The composition may also include a chargeable ...