US Patent Issued to LEVITASBIO on Nov. 18 for "Particle separator system, materials, and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,499, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LEVITASBIO INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Particle separator system, materials, and methods of use" was invented by Geoffrey Facer (Redwood City, Calif.), Theodorus Evan de Groot (Oakland, Calif.), Kevin Travers (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Lesley Suzanne Weaver (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to systems, materials, and methods utilizing magnetic levitation to affect separation and/or concentration of particulate containing samples, such as cells or biomolecules, within a medium. In some embodiments, the methods are used for the separation of a...