ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,414, issued on May 13, was assigned to ABEC Inc. (Bethlehem, Pa.).
"Cell culture bioreactor" was invented by Shane Alexander Jaques Kilpatrick (Mississauga, Canada), Scott Raymond Pundsack (Georgetown, Canada) and Moin Ahmed (Waterloo, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture bioreactor has perfusion membranes and gas transfer membranes or a gas phase in an extra-membrane space in contact with a film on the perfusion membranes. Gas transfer membranes may travel through the perfusion membranes or through the extra-membrane space. Examples with hollow fiber and flat sheet membranes are shown. One or more of the membranes op...