ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,353, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Cell manipulation device and cell manipulation method" was invented by Masaki Moriyama (Kawasaki, Japan) and Takeshi Kawano (Hino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell manipulation method is provided including: culturing cells in a liquid; disposing a flow path through which a gas is able to be introduced in the liquid; forming an air bubble at an end portion of the flow path; and attaching the cells to the air bubble."
The patent was filed on March 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/593,544.
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