US Patent Issued to BIO-RAD LABORATORIES on May 26 for "Stable reference materials for automated hematology testing platforms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,462, issued on May 26, was assigned to BIO-RAD LABORATORIES INC. (Hercules, Calif.).

"Stable reference materials for automated hematology testing platforms" was invented by Alireza Ebrahim (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), James Barry (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Karl Devore (Coto De Caza, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention describes a method for preparation of stable hematology reference materials by producing synthetic hydrogel blood cell surrogates, which mimic human blood components in size, morphology, performance and functionality when analyzed using an automated hematology analyzer employing multiple detection technolog...