ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,229, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PhosPrint P.C. (Athens, Greece).
"Laser ablation/removal and laser induced forward transfer of biological material" was invented by Ioanna Zergioti (Athens, Greece) and Apostolos Klinakis (Athens, Greece).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cell printing is disclosed. The method includes generating a receiver substrate, ablating or removing a portion of the receiver substrate via a first laser to expose a target layer, generating a donor substrate containing a back surface and a front surface, applying a coating of donor material to the front surface. The method further includes aligni...