ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,470, issued on July 21, was assigned to SHAHEEN INNOVATIONS HOLDING Ltd. (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Cell lysis systems and methods" was invented by Mohammed Alshaiba Saleh Ghannam Almazrouei (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Sajid Bhatti (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Jeffrey Machovec (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Clement Lamoureux (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Imad Lahoud (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell lysis system (1) comprises a driver apparatus (2) and a cell lysis device (3) which are releasably attachable to one another. The cell lysis device (3) comprises an ul...