US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 1 for "Cell analysis method and cell analysis system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,982, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cell analysis method and cell analysis system" was invented by Yuichiro Iwamoto (Tokyo), Akira Terao (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naomichi Matsuwaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cell analysis method includes: a first storage step of storing a first liquid containing a cell in a first tank; a second storage step of storing a second liquid containing a compound in a second tank; a first discharge step of discharging the first liquid to a plurality of portions on a substrate, to thereby form a plurality of first liquid droplets; a second discharge step of discharging the...