C12M 35/04
Mechanical means
Official title: {Mechanical means, e.g. sonic waves, stretching forces, pressure or shear stimuli}
C12M35/04 (Mechanical means) appears on 558 US grants and 973 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 558
- Published applications
- 973
- Assignees
- 542
- Inventors
- 2,299
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 57 | 59 |
| 2026 | 27 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method to create patterns in tissue growth for tissue engineering21 Jul 2026US 12,686,861 B2University of Washington
- Method and device for processing tissues and cells by rotating microfluidic chips mounted on a support plate14 Jul 2026US 12,680,067 B2Syntr Health Technologies, Inc.
- Single cell transfection with interchangeable reagent14 Jul 2026US 12,680,113 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Apparatus for quantitative study of cellular interactions with mechanical waves8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308507 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Single cell transfection with interchangeable reagent8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308633 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Pneumatic microfluidic perfuser for cell culture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297484 A1National Research Council of Canada
- Experimental Apparatus and Method for Measuring Swimming Features of Algal Cells in Shear Flow1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297494 A1China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
- Pressure generating device for blastocyst formation boosting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301160 A1Inti Taiwan, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for transporting substances into living cells and tissues and apparatus therefor819US 4,945,050 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1990
- Apparatus and method for controlling sonic treatment366US 6,719,449 B1Covaris, Inc. · 2004
- Method and apparatus for introducing biological substances into living cells340US 5,204,253 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1993
- Method for transporting substances into living cells and tissues and apparatus therefor284US 5,036,006 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1991
- Method for culturing cells using wave-induced agitation175US 6,190,913 B12001