US Patent Issued to TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM on Sept. 9 for "Rapid cell isolation and recovery using hollow glass microspheres coated with biodegradable nanostructured films" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,396, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (Lubbock, Texas).

"Rapid cell isolation and recovery using hollow glass microspheres coated with biodegradable nanostructured films" was invented by Wei Li (Lubbock, Texas) and Ziye Dong (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hollow glass microspheres (HGMS) with a controlled nanotopographical surface structure (NSHGMS) demonstrate improved isolation and recovery of cell from biological fluid. NSHGMS can be achieved by applying layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of negatively charged SiO2 nanoparticles and positively charged poly-L-arginine molecules. Then, a sh...