US Patent Issued to Life Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Fluid mixing systems including helical mixing assembly with impeller attachment" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,171, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Fluid mixing systems including helical mixing assembly with impeller attachment" was invented by Nephi Jones (Newton, Utah), Steven Kjar (Logan, Utah), Brycen Mills (Nibley, Utah), Mark Smith (Nibely, Utah) and Derik West (Logan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioproduction mixing system includes a flexible compartment having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending therebetween, a center axis passing through the flexible compartment between the first end and the second end. A helical assembly is disposed within the flexible compartme...