US Patent Issued to LIMULA on July 21 for "Apparatus and process for the automated manufacturing of genetically engineered cells from biological fluids" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,845, issued on July 21, was assigned to LIMULA SA (La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland).

"Apparatus and process for the automated manufacturing of genetically engineered cells from biological fluids" was invented by Yann Pierson (La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland) and Carmelo Bisognano (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated apparatus suitable for the preparation of genetically transformed cells from biological fluids including of an operating unit and a rotating concentric hollow processing chamber able to automatically process biological samples, such as white blood cells from apheresis, bone marrow or cultured cells, to manufact...