ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,027, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UNIVERCELLS TECHNOLOGIES S.A. (Nivelles, Belgium).

"Cell growth matrix" was invented by Jose Castillo (Brussels), Bastien Mairesse (Uccle, Belgium) and Quentin Vanwalleghem (Uccle, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a structured cell growth matrix or assembly comprising a one or more spacer layers and one or more cell immobilization layers. The invention further provides a bioreactor comprising said matrix or assembly."

The patent was filed on April 15, 2022, under Application No. 17/721,482.

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