US Patent Issued to Lumacyte on July 7 for "Microfluidic chip device for optical force measurements and cell imaging using microfluidic chip configuration and dynamics" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,740, issued on July 7, was assigned to Lumacyte Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Microfluidic chip device for optical force measurements and cell imaging using microfluidic chip configuration and dynamics" was invented by Sean Hart (Charlottesville, Va.) and Colin Hebert (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods and devices for assessing biological particles for use in cell immunotherapy. By utilizing a microfluidic chip device together with optical force measurement and cell imaging, the methods enable comprehensive assessment and characterization of biological particles with regard to morphology, motilit...