ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,292, issued on April 22, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Cell culture device and cell culture method" was invented by Tomoki Ohkubo (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture device (100) includes a band-shaped flexible member (10), the band-shaped member being configured to be circumferentially windable. The band-shaped member (10) has an inner circumferential surface (1a) and an outer circumferential surface (1b), at least one of which is provided with a plurality of wells (2) each having a concave shape, and at least some (2) of the plurality of wells (2) are connected to each other by a culture sol...