ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,201, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Terumo BCT Biotechnologies LLC (Lakewood, Colo.).

"Flow cell" was invented by Jon A. Dodd (Littleton, Colo.), Daniel Clement (Lakewood, Colo.), Dennis J. Hlavinka (Arvada, Colo.), Jeremy T. Parsons (Denver) and Haralambos P. Apostolopoulos (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are described for treating a fluid, e.g., a biological fluid. The embodiments may include systems, apparatuses, and methods. Embodiments may provide for a flow cell, with a plurality of manipulation elements, through which a fluid is flowed. The fluid may be treated (e.g., exposed to energy) as it m...