ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,676, issued on April 14, was assigned to Cytek Biosciences Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Removable circular nozzle for flow cytometers" was invented by Mikhail Blinkov (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circular nozzle assembly is disclosed. A cuvette nozzle subsystem (assembly) for flow cytometry systems is disclosed including a cuvette assembly and a circular nozzle assembly selectively engaged with the cuvette assembly. The cuvette assembly includes a cuvette having a pocket and a flow channel, and a receptacle coupled within the pocket to the cuvette. The receptacle has a through-hole with a tapered conical portion and...