ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,670, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to UNIVERCELLS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Nivelles, Belgium).
"Fixed bed sampler and related methods" was invented by Jose Castillo (Brussels), Bastien Mairesse (Uccle, Belgium), Alex Chatel (Brussels), Sebastien Jean-Pierre Michel Rodriguez (Ecaussines-Lalaing, Belgium) and Alexandre Vanhaver (Braine-le-Chateau, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampler for use with a bioreactor for growing a cell culture is disclosed. In one embodiment, the bioreactor includes a structured fixed bed including a removable sample portion for recovering a sample of cells from the cell culture. Related apparatuses and ...