ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,425, issued on June 24, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Impeller including one or more turbulators for a bioreactor system" was invented by Deoras Prabhudharwadkar (Bangalore, India) and Ashok Gopinath (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impeller, for example, a Rushton impeller for a bioreactor system is disclosed. The impeller includes a hub, optionally including a slot, a plurality of blades, and one or more turbulators. The plurality of blades is disposed along a circumferential direction of the hub and spaced apart from each other. Each of the plurality of blades is c...