ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,600, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to MYTOS BIO Ltd. (London).

"Systems and methods for automated cell culturing" was invented by Ali Afshar (London), James Cunningham (London), Henry Miskin (Stroud, Great Britain) and Ignacio Willats (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automated cell culturing are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more cell culture vessels are fluidly connected with one or more multiport valves and one or more fluid pumps. The fluid pumps may pump various fluids into and out of the cell culture vessels as necessary to support cell growth, routed by the one or more multiport valves. ...