ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,577, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lumacyte Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).
"Fluidic autosampler and incubator" was invented by Sean Hart (Keswick, Va.), Colin Hebert (Charlottesville, Va.), Margaret McCoy (Charlottesville, Va.), Shweta Krishnan (Malden, Mass.), Christopher Field (Arlington, Va.), Zachary Evans (Charlottesville, Va.), Adam Lubrano (Waynesboro, Va.) and Nathan LaPuma (Palmyra, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are devices for automated analysis of one or more samples in single or multi-well plates or vessels, wherein the process of automated analysis comprises automated flow, wherein the samples comprise...