ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,474, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to LUMICKS CA HOLDING B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Method and system for studying biological cells" was invented by Andrea Candelli (Amsterdam), Felix Oswald (Amsterdam) and Gerrit Sitters (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manipulating and/or investigating cellular bodies (9) is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a sample holder (3) comprising a holding space (5) for holding a fluid medium (11); providing a sample (7) comprising one or more cellular bodies (9) in a fluid medium (11) in the holding space (5); generating an acoustic wave in the holding space exerting a ...