US Patent Issued to Microsensor Labs on Nov. 18 for "Magnetic system for detection and sorting of cells" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,501, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Microsensor Labs LLC (Chicago).

"Magnetic system for detection and sorting of cells" was invented by Peng Liu (Chicago) and Zerikhun Filatov (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for detection of cells and sorting of cells are disclosed. Target cells, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or antigen-specific antibody producing circulating memory B cells from COVID-19 patients, may be of interest. Magnetic beads may be bound to the target cells. After which, the bead-bound target cells may be identified using an applied magnetic field. In one example, magnetic sensors may ...