US Patent Issued to Iris International on Jan. 20 for "Autofocus systems and methods for particle analysis in blood samples" (California, New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,641, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Iris International Inc. (Chatsworth, Calif.).

"Autofocus systems and methods for particle analysis in blood samples" was invented by Bart J. Wanders (Coto de Caza, Calif.), Brett Jordan (Los Angeles), Gregory A. Farrell (Ridgewood, N.J.), Thomas H. Adams (Leucadia, Calif.) and Warren Groner (Great Neck, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Particles such as blood cells can be categorized and counted by a digital image processor. A digital microscope camera can be directed into a flowcell defining a symmetrically narrowing flowpath in which the sample stream flows in a ribbon flattened by flow an...