US Patent Issued to FlowMetric Life Sciences on March 3 for "Flow cytometry system and methods for the diagnosis of infectious disease" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,176, issued on March 3, was assigned to FlowMetric Life Sciences Inc. (Doylestown, Pa.).

"Flow cytometry system and methods for the diagnosis of infectious disease" was invented by Renold Julius Capocasale (Mount Laurel, N.J.) and Julie Ann Bick (Easton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flow cytometry is used for diagnosis of infectious diseases by an analysis of cell mediated immune responses to specific infective agent antigens. Apparatus and methods of advanced flow cytometry are utilized to detect cell mediated immune responses to the presence of specific antigens from infective agents, such as bacteria, protozoa, viruses, helm...