ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,592, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to OPTICEPT TECHNOLOGIES AB (Lund, Sweden).

"PEF system for the treatment of biological material" was invented by Per Lilja (Limhamn, Sweden) and Nils Rhodin (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a PEF system (I) comprising a (channel 2) for PEF treatment of a material, opposite electrode units (3), (4) and at least one conveyor belt (5), wherein said at least one conveyor belt (5) is arranged in the channel (2), in between the opposite electrode units (3), (4) and in close proximity to one of these electrode units (3), (4), wherein said at least one conveyor b...