ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,294, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Cytiva US LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Biocontainer assembly for bioprocessing system" was invented by Michael B. Seal (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Matthew J. Loveless (Hampshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocontainer assembly includes a biocontainer bag, a support frame, and a capacitive fill level sensor. The biocontainer bag defines a storage volume. The support frame includes a shelf having a support surface disposed at an oblique angle with respect to a horizontal axis. The capacitive fill level sensor is mounted to the support surface and is configured to generate ...