ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,848, issued on June 10, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Cell settler apparatus systems and methods for perfusion processes" was invented by Stephan Kaiser (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present set of embodiments relate to a system, method, and apparatus for separating cells from a suspension using a gravity driven cell separation device. The apparatus may include a chamber that is separated into a gas compartment and a liquid compartment allowing for transfer of gas through a membrane into the liquid compartment where the cell suspension flows during operation. The embodiments are d...