ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,619, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to O2M Technologies LLC (Chicago).

"Cell viability apparatus, system, and methods thereof" was invented by Mrignayani Kotecha (Chicago), Boris Meerovich Epel (Chicago), Eliyas Siddiqui (Chicago) and Safa Hameed (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes placing a sample of cells, tissue, or an organ into an oxygen imaging system, circulating a humidified gas mixture around the tissue or organ, circulating conditioned air through the oxygen imaging system to maintain a temperature around the sample, and acquiring a three-dimensional oxygen map of the sample. The oxygen map provides...