ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,189, issued on March 11, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Teer electrode alignment mount" was invented by Angela Dixon (Beavercreek, Ohio), Dana Powers (Beavercreek, Ohio) and Saber Hussain (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to an alignment mount for electrode device used to measure transepithelial/transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) for cell culture models of endothelial and epithelial monolayers. The TEER electrode alignment mount includes a base having a top wall, a bottom wall ...