ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,525, issued on May 27, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Integrated biocontainment cell sorter" was invented by Lincoln T Gulley (Wellington, Colo.), Daniel N Fox (Bellvue, Colo.) and Angela L Goldfain (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an integrated biocontainment cell sorter that isolates portions of the cell sorter that can create contamination. Two containment systems are utilized. A main cabinet containment system contains input samples. An aerosol management containment area includes a nozzle chamber with a nozzle and a sort chamber with sort plates and collection media t...