ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,104, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Kinetic River Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Configurable particle analyzer apparatuses and methods" was invented by Giacomo Vacca (Aptos, Calif.), Elijah Sassoon Kashi (San Francisco) and Alan Hap Chin (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to configurable particle analyzer apparatuses and methods. In some embodiments, a modular particle analyzer includes a stray light blocking module including a focusing lens, a pinhole, and a collimating lens. The focusing lens is configured to focus light emitted from the flowcell through the pinhole. The pinhole is c...