US Patent Issued to INSCOPIX on March 18 for "Systems and methods for optogenetic imaging using semi-kinematic coupling" (California, Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,272, issued on March 18, was assigned to INSCOPIX INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for optogenetic imaging using semi-kinematic coupling" was invented by Kelvin Kao (Mountain View, Calif.), David Pignatelli (Saratoga, Calif.), Mark O. Trulson (San Jose, Calif.), Alice Stamatakis (Mountain View, Calif.) and Koen Visscher (Tucson, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems and methods for imaging using a microscope system comprising removeable or replaceable component parts. Such systems and methods employ semi-kinetic coupling for easy, tool-free attachment of the microscope system to a baseplat...