ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,849, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to UNIVERSITAT BASEL (Basel, Switzerland).

"Bioreactor device determining properties of biological sample, has holding element and cantilever" was invented by Alessia Pisanu (Huningue, France), Anna Marsano (Binningen, Switzerland), Giuseppe Isu (Turin, Italy), Conradin Dobelin (Liestal, Switzerland) and Giuseppe Pisani (Bulach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an apparatus (100) for determining properties of a sample (110) arranged in at least one receptacle (130) of a container device (120). The apparatus (100) comprises an actuator (30) which is configured to be co...