US Patent Issued to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften, University of Buenos Aires, National Scientific & Technical Research Council on June 2 for "Method and device for ultra-rapid cryo-fixation of a sample for microscopic studies" (German, Argentinean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,806, issued on June 2, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (Munich), University of Buenos Aires (Argentina, Argentina) and National Scientific & Technical Research Council (Argentina, Argentina).

"Method and device for ultra-rapid cryo-fixation of a sample for microscopic studies" was invented by Philippe I.H. Bastiaens (Dortmund, Germany), Jan Hubinger (Dortmund, Germany) and Hernan Edgardo Grecco (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to method for decreasing temperature of a sample, in particular a method for ultra-rapid cryofixation of a sampl...