ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,014, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Molecular Devices (Austria) GmbH (Austria).

"System, method and device for culture of a multicellular structure" was invented by Josef Atzler (Hallein, Austria) and Andreas Kenda (Hallein, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for culturing a multicellular structure, such as an organoid. An exemplary system comprises a vessel, an electric/magnetic module, and a control circuit. The vessel may include a culture chamber to contain a multicellular structure. The electric/magnetic module may be configured to be located in the vessel, at a position in or adjacent the c...