| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 435299100 | Including solid extended fluid contact reaction surface | 11 |
| 20080311650 | Bioreactor for Tissue Engineering - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for growing cells in a three-dimensional scaffold. Relative movement of the scaffold and an end cap of the culture chamber results in circulation of the growth medium through the scaffold. The invention is also suited for introduction of cells into a scaffold. The scaffold may be any sort of natural or synthetic material that will support cellular life, including a tissue. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090130748 | OPTOREACTOR - The invention relates to a bioreactor for the treatment of industrial or domestic effluent, comprising a container and a packing, wherein a potential difference forms between the packing and the container, which is provided with a device which prevents corrosion of the container as a result of the potential reversal due to the growth of a biofilm. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090170190 | CELL CULTURE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a cell culture chamber with which the survival rate of cells to be cultured can be increased, and a method of producing the same. A cell culture chamber according to the present invention includes a mass of projections formed of a plurality of microprojections 1 formed on a surface on which cells are cultured. The width or diameter of each of the microprojections 1 is in a range of 20 nm to 3 μm, and the aspect ratio of each of the microprojections is in a range of 0.2 to 3.0. Thus, there can be provided a cell culture chamber most suitable for the adhesion and differentiation/proliferation of cells to be cultured. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090311778 | SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR CELL CULTURE MODULE - A device for supplying cell culture modules with nutrients has an arrangement of channels, pumps and valves in or on a plate. The valves may be pinch valves operated by deforming an elastic cover over a solid body and the pump may be a pinch valve pump. The channels may be defined, at least in part, by the plate. The pumps, channels and valves may be located within the thickness of the plate and the cover. The device may be used to supply nutrients to cell culture modules according to a perfusion operation, a re-circulation operation and/or a combination of both. A pump may comprise a generally rigid solid body and a seal. The solid body may wholly or partially define an inlet channel, a plenum and an outlet channel. A port between the inlet channel and the plenum is covered by the seal. A surface of the plenum is deformable. Deforming the surface forces liquid in the plenum to push the seal to cover the inlet channel port and to flow through the outlet channel. When the surface is returned to its original position, fluid flows into the plenum at least partially through the inlet channel displacing or deforming the seal so as to allow flow through the port. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100075410 | Reusable Tissue Biopsy Kit with Padded Cassette - An improved biopsy kit for the collection, storage, transportation, and processing of biopsy tissue samples is disclosed. The disclosed biopsy kit consists of a typical specimen container and an improved tissue cassette with adhesively attached polyvinyl alcohol foam pads on both the base and lid portions. An excised tissue sample is sandwiched between the pads upon cassette closure, simultaneously isolating and securing the sample in its original orientation. Superior wicking, absorbency, and moisture retention rate of these polyvinyl alcohol pads allows maximum tissue fixation as well as maintains sample integrity. Once the tissue is placed by the physician at the patient's side, it remains there until the tissue is ready to be processed. This eliminates transfer errors as well as tissue loss. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120315694 | CELL CULTURE UNIT AND CELL CULTURE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a cell culture device, which includes a plurality of cell culture units, in which the cell culture unit includes: a cell culture tub that defines a culture space for cultivating cells, contains culture medium in the culture unit, and has an air layer above the culture medium; a drainage channel that is connected to the cell culture tub to discharge used culture medium to the integral drainage channel; an open culture medium reservoir that supplies new culture medium into the cell culture tub; and a droplet generator that is disposed between the cell culture tub and the open culture medium reservoir and supplies the culture medium from the open culture medium reservoir to the cell culture tub, using negative pressure of the air layer generated when the used culture medium is discharged. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130203159 | CULTURE SUBSTRATE - To efficiently carry out spheroid culturing. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140093953 | NON-ADHERENT CELL SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A non-adherent cell support for use as a substrate in fluidic chambers used for cell culturing and assays. The non-adherent cell support allows for the formation of sphere cultures from single cells, which can better mimic primary tumor-like behavior in the study of cancer stem cells. The non-adherent cell support can allow for adhesive culturing and may include a hydrophobic substrate having a lower body and a raised support structure extending upwardly from an upper surface of the body. The support structure comprises one or more vertically extending support members that extend from a proximal portion at the upper surface of the body to a distal end spaced from the upper surface of the body. The support structure may be formed from a biocompatible material such as poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, polydimethylsiloxane, polymethyl methacrylate, polystyrene, or a polyethylene glycol diacrylate-based hydrogel. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20160046898 | CELL GROWTH MACROCARRIERS FOR BIOREACTORS - Macrocarriers for growing cells in bioreactors having generally ball-shaped outer profiles, with approximately the same dimension from side-to-side in all planes through the center of the macrocarrier. A series of generally horizontal plates and vertical ribs defined by the macrocarriers form flat surfaces for desirable cell growth. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160160163 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NOVEL SIALO-SUGAR CHAIN - The present invention provides a novel sialo-sugar chain, a process for producing the sialo-sugar chain, and a device for producing the sialo-sugar chain. A sialo-sugar chain can be easily and efficiently mass-produced by reacting a sugar wherein a hydroxy groups is substituted with an alkynyl group (herein sometimes referred to as “alkynylated sugar”) with a specific sialic acid donor in the presence of a sialic acid-introducing enzyme. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160376175 | FREE-FLOWING CARRIER ELEMENTS - A carrier element ( | 12-29-2016 |
