ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,082, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Cell culture apparatuses with manifolds including column structures" was invented by Gregory Roger Martin (Acton, Maine) and Allison Jean Tanner (Portsmouth, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture apparatus includes a cell culture module including multiple cell culture chambers. A manifold connects the multiple cell culture chambers together along a side of the cell culture module. The manifold includes a side wall base structure connected to the side of the cell culture module and a column structure that is formed as a monolithic part of the side wall...