ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,971, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet-shaped cell culture preparation device" was invented by Risa Yuki (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuka Shimazu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tetsuya Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a mixing bag for mixing liquids, a cell-suspension bag fluidly connected to the mixing bag, a diluent bag fluidly connected to the mixing bag, and a fluidly connected to the mixing bag is capable of easily preparing a sheet-shaped cell culture without requiring any large-scale equipment. The sheet-shaped cell culture can be aseptically prepared by the device, while ...