ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,046, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Cell detaching apparatus and cell detaching method" was invented by Takuji Okamoto (Tokyo), Takayuki Tsukimoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Norihiro Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a cell detaching apparatus for detaching cells from a base material by applying an ultrasonic vibration via an acoustic matching liquid, with reduced variations of the vibration transmitted to the cells during application of the ultrasonic vibration. A cell detaching apparatus for detaching cells placed on a base material floating on an acoustic matching liquid, ...