ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,400, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cellanome Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Methods for incubating and analyzing a cell in a compartment of a fluidic device" was invented by Tarun Kumar Khurana (Fremont, Calif.), Ali Agah (Redwood City, Calif.), Yir-Shyuan Wu (Albany, Calif.), Filiz Gorpe Yasar (Redwood City, Calif.) and Vernon A. Norviel (Evergreen, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for analyzing biological samples. The methods can include polymerizing a polymer precursor in the fluidic device, thereby forming a compartment comprising a polymer matrix wall. The compartment may enclose...