US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on Sept. 22 for "Method for intracellular delivery of compounds using cell force and shape with electric fields" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,183, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Method for intracellular delivery of compounds using cell force and shape with electric fields" was invented by Rafael Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.) and Amrinder Nain (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, the disclosure, in one aspect, relates to methods for modifying cells such as, for example, changing shape, cell force, and/or modifying structural integrity of the cells. In a further aspect, the disclosure relates to con...