US Patent Issued to Iris International on March 24 for "System and method of classification of biological particles" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,190, issued on March 24, was assigned to Iris International Inc. (Chatsworth, Calif.).

"System and method of classification of biological particles" was invented by Carlos Ramirez (Miami), Steven Cadavid (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Jindan Zhou (Palmetto Bay, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for classification of cells and particles in a biological sample using an automated image-based feature extraction and classification architecture. A method operates by applying a mask or series of masks to an image, extracting features from the unmasked portions of the image based on the content and location of colored pixels...