US Patent Issued to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES on May 27 for "Systems and methods for improved imaging and fluorescence in flow cytometry and other applications" (Oregon, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,522, issued on May 27, was assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for improved imaging and fluorescence in flow cytometry and other applications" was invented by Michael D Ward (Eugene, Ore.), Gregory Kaduchak (Chandler, Ariz.) and Dmitriy Strelkov (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods that allow for brightfield imaging in a flow cytometer, allowing for collection of fluorescence and high-quality image date. The disclosed technology also gives rise to an illumination pattern that allows a user to create different oblique or structured illumination profiles ...