ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,439, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Cellares Corp. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for enhanced transduction" was invented by Amanda M. Marchiando (San Francisco), Henry D. Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.) and Wilson Wai Toy (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for automated cell transduction within a cell processing system. A system for cell processing may include a cell processing cartridge having a transduction system. The transduction system may include a fluidic manifold, one or more modules for performing a cell processing protocol, and a tube having a surface a...