US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on June 17 for "Systems for producing cellular immunotherapeutics and methods of use thereof" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,279, issued on June 17, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Systems for producing cellular immunotherapeutics and methods of use thereof" was invented by Shashi K. Murthy (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods can be used for the automated production of dendritic cells (DC) from dendritic cell progenitors, such as monocytes obtained from peripheral blood, and the automated generation of immunotherapeutic products from those dendritic cells, all within a closed system. The invention makes it possible to obtain sufficient quantities of a subject's own DC for use in preparing and chara...