US Patent Issued to Inovio Pharmaceuticals on May 12 for "Electroporation device with detachable needle array with lock-out system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,074, issued on May 12, was assigned to Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.).

"Electroporation device with detachable needle array with lock-out system" was invented by Beat Stadelmann (San Diego), Stephen Kemmerrer (San Diego), Alejandro Campillo-Agusti (Vista, Calif.), Eduardo Ho (Vista, Calif.), Nathan Lovell (San Diego) and Steven Masterson (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electroporation device with a needle array removably attached thereto, the needle array having a body, a shroud movable with respect to the body between a rest position and one or more actuated positions, and an auto-lock assembly. ...