ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,733, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cell evaluation device" was invented by Yoichi Fujiyama (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cell evaluation device includes a cell housing unit 111, and an adapter 120 configured to be elastically deformed by being fitted into the cell housing unit to close a top opening of the cell housing unit, and the adapter includes a body 121 to be inserted into the cell housing unit, a positioning unit 122 configured to position the body in a vertical direction with respect to the cell housing unit, a culture medium inlet port 124 and a culture medium outlet p...