US Patent Issued to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on July 1 for "Bioreactor insert and biofilm support, related apparatus and related methods" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,830, issued on July 1, was assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Bioreactor insert and biofilm support, related apparatus and related methods" was invented by Steven Skerlos (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Lutgarde Raskin (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Timothy Fairley-Wax (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Nishant Jalgaonkar (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to bioreactors, for example for biological treatment and, more specifically to bioreactor insert apparatus including biofilms and related methods. The bioreactor insert apparatus provides a means for circulation of reaction medium within the...