ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,879, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH (Gottingen, Germany).
"Bioprocess device assembly and inoculation method" was invented by Jens-Christoph Matuszczyk (Gottingen, Germany), Jochen Scholz (Gottingen, Germany), Gerben Zijlstra (Gottingen, Germany) and Gerhard Greller (Gottingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioprocess device assembly includes at least a first bioreactor and a second bioreactor, and a transfer system for transferring a certain volume of a medium contained in the first bioreactor into the second bioreactor. A biomass sensor is associated to the first bioreactor. A control un...