ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,169, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Bioreactor support system" was invented by Prasad Kini (Bengaluru, India), Shashikanth Agnihotry (Bengaluru, India) and Manoja Prabhu (Westborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioreactor support system configured to hold a bioreactor bag, comprising: a base module comprising an impeller drive unit; and at least two vessel units of different sizes, which are configured to support and substantially enclose a side wall of a bioreactor bag when a bioreactor bag is provided in the bioreactor support system, wherein the base modul...