ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,438, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Cell picking device and cell picking method" was invented by Toru Ezure (Kyoto, Japan), Mika Okada (Kyoto, Japan) and Yuki Kuzuhara (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell picking device for sucking cells from a liquid sample in a sample container includes a sucking member to which a pipette tip is attachable, a driver that moves the sucking member and performs suction through the sucking member and the pipette tip, a work mode switcher that switches a work mode of the driver between a first mode and a second mode, and a controller that controls the d...