ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,321, issued on May 13, was assigned to LUIGS & NEUMANN FEINMECHANIK UND ELEKTROTECHNIK GMBH (Ratingen, Germany).

"Devices and methods for patch clamp measurement techniques" was invented by Peter Neumann-Raizel (Ratingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for detecting one or more characteristics of cells with patch clamp electrodes, wherein the used patch clamp electrodes are cleaned by application of ultrasonic vibrations."

The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/166,613.

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