US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC on Oct. 28 for "Method of encapsulating single cells utilizing an alternating current electrospray" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,674, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (South Bend, Ind.).

"Method of encapsulating single cells utilizing an alternating current electrospray" was invented by Hsueh-Chia Chang (South Bend, Ind.), Zehao Pan (South Bend, Ind.), Vivek Yadav (South Bend, Ind.), Loan Bui (South Bend, Ind.) and Donny Hanjaya-Putra (South Bend, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a method for encapsulating single cells using alternating current electrospray technology in tip streaming mode. The encapsulation efficiency is over 80% and natural (alginate, collagen) and synthetic (NorHA) hydrogels and vario...