Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
435305100 | Dish, plate, or tray | 67 |
20090081771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEATING, COOLING AND HEAT CYCLING ON MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - An integrated heat exchange system on a microfluidic card. According to one aspect of the invention, the portable microfluidic card has a heating, cooling and heat cycling system on-board such that the card can be used portably. The microfluidic card includes one or more reservoirs containing exothermic or endothermic material. Once the chemical process of the reservoir material is activated, the reservoir provides heat or cooling to specific locations of the microfluidic card. Multiple reservoirs may be included on a single card to provide varying temperatures. The assay chemicals can be moved to the various reservoirs to create a thermal cycle useful in many biological reactions, for example, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or rtPCR. According to another aspect of the invention, the integrated heat exchanger is an adjacent microfluidic circuit containing fluid that is either independently heated or cooled, or is an exothermic or endothermic material, such that the fluid in the adjacent circuit imparts a change in temperature to the assay fluid in an independent circuit. According to yet another aspect of the invention, a thermal electric cooler (TEC) is used for thermocycling the amplification chamber of a disposable microfluidic card. | 03-26-2009 |
20090098645 | Cell culture article and methods thereof - Disclosed is a cell culture article including: a substrate; a tie-layer attached to at least the substrate; and a bio-compatible layer attached to at least the tie layer, the bio-compatible layer having been obtained from surface oxidation of a polymer layer. Also disclosed are methods for making the cell culture article and methods for performing an assay of a ligand with the article. | 04-16-2009 |
20090191621 | Cover Device for a Sample Carrier - The present invention relates to a cover device for a sample carrier, comprising a sticky surface area for connection to the sample carrier, wherein the sticky surface area is configured such that the sample carrier is covered in liquid-tight fashion after connection of the cover device to the sample carrier in the sticky surface area. | 07-30-2009 |
20100112684 | CELL CULTURE DISH FOR THE EMBRYOID BODY FORMATION FROM EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS - The present invention relates to a cell culture dish for the erabryoid body formation from embryonic stem cells, which facilitates efficient and stable differentiation of embryonic stem cells by forming embryoid body in grooves on the bottom of a support adhered on the back of the lid for the culture dish by hanging drop culture. | 05-06-2010 |
20100144024 | REPLICA MOULDING OF MICROSTRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING MICROSCOPIC BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL - A method of replica moulding microstructures, the method including forming a negative master of at least one microstructure configured to support microscopic biological material, casting a flowable polymeric material onto the negative master, placing a substrate against the flowable polymeric material and the negative master, allowing the flowable polymeric material to solidify in the negative master and on the substrate, and separating the substrate and the solidified polymeric material from the negative master, thereby leaving a positive replica of the at least one microstructure on the substrate. | 06-10-2010 |
20100203626 | SOLID STATE FERMENTATION IN MODIFIED ZYMOTIS PACKED BED BIOREACTOR - The embodiments herein provide an improved Zymotis solid-state bioreactor and its operation for cultivation of microorganisms aseptically. In one embodiment, a bioreactor has two compartments containing three cooling plates. These plates have internal baffles instead of cooling tubes. The bioreactor has temperature sensors are loaded at different heights of the outer cooling plates for recoding and monitoring bed temperature during fermentation. Short space between two cooling plates with suitable material construction permits metabolic heat removal by conduction. The distance between two compartments is adjustable manually to achieve the best width. The product is extracted and harvested in the bioreactor using a trickle solvent. All of the on-line data are monitored on screen and recorded in the computer. Microorganisms are cultivated in such a manner that the bioreactor carries out all steps for cultivating microorganisms in an aseptic environment. | 08-12-2010 |
20100304474 | Rotation Driving Device for Cell Culturing - The present invention relates to a rotation driving device for cell culturing, comprising: a power supplying unit operated by receiving an electric power from an outside; a rotational part rotated by the power supplying unit; and a driving part which is provided at an upper side of the rotational part and maintained in a stopped state during the rotation of the rotational part, and of which an inclination is changed according to a rotational direction of the rotational part. According to the present invention, there is provided a rotation driving device a rotation driving device which enables cells to be uniformly grown by equally distributing a culture solution with help of inclination control, of which a rotational speed is also controlled and which has a firm structure with a strong durability. | 12-02-2010 |
20110097790 | Lockable cell growth chamber with aintilocking feature - A lockable cell growth chamber is disclosed wherein the lid and base of the dish are provided with at least two pairs of locking and anti-locking members, the locking and antilocking functions being activated by application of rotational torque. | 04-28-2011 |
20110318825 | IN SITU HEAT INDUCED ANTIGEN RECOVERY AND STAINING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of staining the biological sample on the microscope slide are conducted in the same apparatus, wherein the microscope slides do not need to be physically removed from one apparatus to another. Each treatment step occurs within the same reaction compartment. The reaction conditions of each reaction compartment for treating a slide can preferably be controlled independently, including the individualized application of reagents to each slide and the individualized treatment of each slide. The reagents are preferably held in a reagent dispensing strip similar to a “blister pack”. | 12-29-2011 |
20120270310 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER OF LIQUID FOR PROCESSING SAMPLES - An apparatus for transfer of a liquid using a diaphragm that separates a working fluid volume from a working air volume and can controllably induce a change pressure to draw or expel a target fluid into a tube. The apparatus is particularly suitable for automated processing of nucleic acids and other samples includes a disposable container comprising a tray and a flexible barrier. The barrier is configured to seal with a top edge of the tray, providing a closed, aseptic work area within the sealed tray. A pipette head and/or other sample manipulation device can be attached to the inside of the barrier under the diaphraghm, and the barrier can include an interface for a robotic arm or other device. When the barrier is sealed over the tray, the barrier separates the contents of the tray from the robot or other manipulation device. | 10-25-2012 |
20130071918 | CELL CULTURE CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a cell culture container, which enhances the efficiency of proliferation and differentiation of various cells including stem cells. The cell culture container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a cell culture surface for adhering adult stem cells thereon to proliferate and differentiate the adult stem cells, and the cell culture surface includes a protrusion having a lotus leaf surface reproduction structure, which is disposed on the cell culture surface. | 03-21-2013 |
20130084633 | PETRI DISHES - Provided is a Petri dish, which improves or maximizes productivity. The Petri dish includes a dish including a bottom and a side wall, and accommodating a culture solution, and a cover covering an upper portion of the dish. The bottom of the dish includes a support region having a first thickness, and a measurement region having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. | 04-04-2013 |
20130102071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CELL CULTURE DISH MEDIA - Systems for preparing cell culture dish media are provided which are well adapted for preparing cell culture media, supplements, additives and/or other ingredients in an efficient and versatile manner to form sterilized cell culture dish media having a variety of ingredients well adapted with respect to uniformity and nutritional content to culture microorganisms in a particularly effective manner. The systems include an array of filtration and steam sterilization devices to sterilize various types of media for selective combination of one or more of the types of media in a mixing chamber to form cell culture dishes (e.g., agar plates). Methods of preparing cell culture dish media and cell culture dishes are also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
20130316446 | BIOREACTOR INCLUDING A ROCKING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a bioreactor including at least one reactor vessel in form of a plastic bag, a tray ( | 11-28-2013 |
20140057346 | CULTURE PLATE WITH FIBER-COATED BOTTOM SURFACE - A cell culture plate that includes an upper portion having at least one discrete chamber with a top edge and a bottom edge; a substantially flat lower portion, wherein at least one layer of polymer fibers has been deposited on the upper surface of the lower portion, and wherein the at least one layer of polymer fibers is conducive to the growth of biological cells thereon; and wherein the bottom edge of the at least one discrete chamber is hermetically sealed to the fiber-coated upper surface of the lower portion to form a well using adhesives, laser welding, or ultrasonic welding. | 02-27-2014 |
20140113365 | CELL CULTURING VESSEL - A cell culture vessel supplies cells close to the center of gel and deeper down to the bottom with sufficient nutrients for attaining an enhanced survival rate of the cultivated cells. The cell culturing vessel comprises a culture tray capable of holding a liquid culture medium and a cell mixture container fixed to inner walls of the culture tray for retaining the cell mixture. Once the culture tray is filled with the liquid culture medium, the cell mixture retained in the cell mixture container has its opposite outer parts exposed to the liquid culture medium. | 04-24-2014 |
20140162351 | CULTURING SHEET, CULTURING EQUIPMENT MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An operating efficiency of an observer is considerably restricted since it is not known at which position a culturing cell is disposed among a great number of pieces of holes of a culturing sheet. The culturing sheet is configured by a partitioning wall, a hole isolated by the partitioning wall, a local culturing region formed with plural local culturing region pillars a height of which is lower than that of the partitioning wall at a portion of a bottom face, and identification mark pillars formed at an identification mark region which differs from the culturing region at the bottom face of the hole. An identification mark is prevented from being unable to be optically recognized by adhering a spheroid to the identification mark region by making a diameter and a height of the identification mark pillar smaller than a diameter and a height of the local culturing pillar. | 06-12-2014 |
20150056694 | BAG LOCKING MECHANISM - The invention relates to a bag locking mechanism comprising, a fixed locking means ( | 02-26-2015 |
20150079670 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IN VITRO AEROSOL DELIVERY - A system and methods for aerosol delivery of an entity or agent are disclosed. The system and methods can include a target application surface. A nebulizer can be located in close proximity to the target application surface. The nebulizer can include a chamber to hold the entity, a nozzle plate including one nozzle, and a piezoelectric element coupled to the nozzle plate. A power source can be coupled to the piezoelectric element. The power source, when activated, can energize the piezoelectric element to vibrate the nozzle plate to cause the entity to be nebulized through the nozzle to impact the target application surface. | 03-19-2015 |
20150299640 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD TO A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - A device for applying an electromagnetic field to a biological feedstock sample, the device including a coaxial electrical structure including a center conductor and a ground conductor which surrounds the center conductor, a load including a resistor and the biological feedstock sample being positioned between one end of the center conductor and a conductive wall which extends the ground conductor into a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the center conductor, the resistor having a first end connected to the center conductor and a second end connected to the conductive wall, the resistor defining an internal volume wherein the biological feedstock sample is placed. | 10-22-2015 |
20150329812 | MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A manufacturing article adapted for use in the production of pharmaceuticals comprising a tray comprising a base having a top surface; and a manifold extending from the top surface of the base, the manifold comprising a sidewall and an upper surface, the upper surface further comprising a channel, wherein, when viewed from the top surface, the base has an area, A | 11-19-2015 |
20160003383 | INTEGRATED FLUIDIC CONNECTION OF PLANAR STRUCTURES FOR SAMPLE SEPARATION DEVICES - A fluidic device ( | 01-07-2016 |
20160010045 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL GROWTH AND DEVICE THEREFROM | 01-14-2016 |
20160067671 | DISASSEMBLABLE STACKED FLOW REACTOR - A plate-type flow reactor device with a first plate ( | 03-10-2016 |
20160089673 | HYBRID LINEAR ACTUATOR CONTROLLED HYDRAULIC CELL STRETCHING - A hydraulic cell stretching device comprising a source of variable pressured hydraulic fluid hydraulically coupled to a flexing chamber. The flexing chamber has at least one cell well. The cell well has a membrane subjected to the variable pressured hydraulic fluid. | 03-31-2016 |
20160121277 | AGITATOR SHAFT OF A FERMENTER AND METHOD FOR FASTENING AGITATING ARMS - In the case of an agitator shaft of a fermenter of a biogas plant, including agitator brackets, which are arranged on a shaft wall and on which at least one agitating arm, including an agitating arm fastening portion and a blade carrier can be connected to the agitator brackets by fastening two agitating arm fastening plates of the agitating arm, it is intended to provide a method that achieves easier and quicker assembly of an agitator shaft and integration in a fermenter in situ, whereby a considerable cost saving in the setting up of a fermenter is achieved. This is achieved by cutting out fastening holes in the agitator brackets and cutting out through-holes in the agitating arm fastening plates in such a way that a plurality of retaining ring bolts can be arranged so as to pass completely through the fastening holes and the through-holes and can be riveted therein. | 05-05-2016 |
20160186114 | CULTURE APPARATUS - A culture apparatus comprises an outer case, an inner case configured with two side plates, a bottom plate and a top plate, and arranged inside the outer case, a door configured to open and close an opening formed in a front face of the inner case, and a plurality of shelves. Each of the side plates include raised portions vertically arranged and formed by press working. The raised portions of the side plates constitute plural pairs of shelf rests. Each of the raised portions includes an upper face as a placement portion, on which one of the plurality of shelves is to be placed, and a lower face. A stopper portion which limits movement in a vertical direction of a shelf placed on an immediately lower pair of shelf rests is provided on the lower face and protrudes from the lower face by the press working. | 06-30-2016 |
20160186115 | CULTURE APPARATUS - A culture apparatus includes an outer case, an inner case inside the outer case, shelves, where cultures are to be placed, arranged in a vertical direction inside the inner case, and a door, configured to open/close an opening formed in a front face of the inner cases, wherein side plates on both sides of the inner case include shelf rests, on which side ends on both sides of bottom surfaces of the shelves are to be placed, respectively, and stoppers provided to the shelf rests such that the respective upper shelf rests limit movement in the vertical direction of the respective shelves placed on the respective lower shelf rests respectively adjacent to the upper shelf rests, and the side ends are bent along a shape of the stoppers provided to the upper shelf rests, in a state where the shelves are placed on the lower shelf rests. | 06-30-2016 |
20160186116 | CULTURE APPARATUS - A culture apparatus, configured to cultivate a culture, includes: an outer case; an inner case, configured with metal plates, arranged inside the outer case; a door to open/close an opening formed in a front face of the inner cases; and a shelf on which the culture is to be placed, wherein side plates on both sides of the inner case respectively include rising portions having shelf rests, formed by press working, on which side parts on both sides of a bottom surface of the shelf are to be placed, and the rising portions respectively configure faces that are positioned and pressed in a direction away from side plates on both sides of the outer case, with respect to a gasket in a vertical direction provided to the opening, the faces being opposed in a width direction to side parts on both sides of the shelf, respectively. | 06-30-2016 |
20160194588 | DEVICE FOR IN-VITRO MODELLING IN-VIVO TISSUES OF ORGANS | 07-07-2016 |
435305200 | Multicompartmented | 27 |
20080220516 | Multi-well micropatterning by ablation - The present invention is drawn to the generation of micropatterns of biomolecules and cells on standard laboratory materials through selective ablation of a physisorbed biomolecule with oxygen plasma. In certain embodiments, oxygen plasma is able to ablate selectively physisorbed layers of biomolecules (e.g., type-I collagen, fibronectin, laminin, and Matrigel) along complex non-linear paths which are difficult or impossible to pattern using alternative methods. In addition, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to the micropatterning of multiple cell types on curved surfaces, multiwell plates, and flat bottom flasks. The invention also features kits for use with the subject methods. | 09-11-2008 |
20090075366 | CELL CULTURE CHAMBER - It is intended to provide a cell culture chamber in a shape suitable for cell culture. It is also intended to provide a cell culture chamber which is inexpensive and facilitates observation. A cell culture chamber ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090130750 | Specimen culturing assembly suitable for use in in-vitro fertilization and in other cell culturing procedures - An assembly is disclosed that is to be used for the culturing of specimens such as embryos and gametes for use in in vitro fertilization. The assembly includes an annular ring which is affixed to the stage of an optical viewing instrument, such as a microscope. The viewing instrument is focused on a point which lies inside of the ring at a predetermined distance from the center of the ring. Circular specimen dishes having a plurality of specimen wells in which the specimens in question are cultured or grown is removably positioned inside of the ring. The specimen wells have bottom walls which are configured so as to ensure that the specimens in the wells will gravitate to the same predetermined position in each of the wells. That position coincides with the focus point of the viewing instrument. When the specimen culturing dishes are placed inside of the ring, they can be rotated inside of the ring to bring the specimens in each well sequentially into the focus point of the viewing instrument whereby the specimens in each dish can be quickly and accurately monitored for growth and development. Other devices are disclosed which enable the rotation of the dish and proper alignment of the specimens in each well with the focus point of the viewing instrument. The assembly can be used for a wide range of specimen culturing. Typical specimens include animal and human cells, tissues, stem cells, embryos, oocytes, immature oocytes, sperm precursor cells, embryonic cells, blastocysts, and spermatozoa. | 05-21-2009 |
20090246865 | POROUS FILM - A porous film is used as a cell culture substrate that is a scaffold for a spheroid. The porous film has a plurality of pores whose diameters gradually increase in a direction A. The diameters of the pores gradually increase from a first area P | 10-01-2009 |
20090298166 | CELL CULTURE APPARATUS HAVING VARIABLE TOPOGRAPHY - A cell culture apparatus includes a substrate having formed therein a micro-pillared well array. The micro-pillared well array includes a plurality of micro-pillared wells. Each micro-pillared structure includes a plurality of spaced-apart micro-pillars having distal ends shaped to form a well. The well is suitable for cell culture. | 12-03-2009 |
20100233799 | INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL EMPLOYING PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE ACTUATORS - Microfluidic devices having active features such as valves, peristaltic pumps, and mixing portions are fabricated to have a thin elastomeric membrane over the active features. The active features are activated by a tactile actuator external to the membrane, for example, a commercial Braille display. The display may be computer controlled, for example by simple text editor software, to activate individual Braille protrusions or a plurality of protrusions to actuate the active portions of the microfluidic device. Integral devices can incorporate the tactile actuators in a single device, but still external to the membrane. | 09-16-2010 |
20100267127 | POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION APPARATUS - Provided is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) apparatus. A PCR is performed using the module assembly-type PCR apparatus. The module assembly-type PCR apparatus includes a first module, a second module, and a third module. A sample is provided to the first module. The second module provides different temperature ranges to the first module to generate thermal convection. The third module controls an operation of the second module. The first module is separably coupled to the second module. The second module is electrically separably coupled to the third module. | 10-21-2010 |
20120129250 | MICROTITRATION PLATE - A microtitration plate, having a frame made of a plastic which has a plate with a multiplicity of holes, and a multiplicity of receptacles made of the same plastic which are fixedly connected to the plate at the holes by directly molding them thereto, have a receiving portion protruding from the underside of the plate, and are accessible from the upper surface of the plate through apertures. | 05-24-2012 |
20120309084 | MICROCHIP FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a microchip for a nucleic acid amplification reaction which allows high-precision analysis by a simple method. | 12-06-2012 |
20130164833 | BIO-CHIP AND METHOD OF REPLACING CULTURE MEDIUM THEREOF - There is provided a bio-chip including a substrate member including a plurality of recesses formed therein to accommodate a culture medium; and space maintaining members formed on the substrate member and maintaining a space between the substrate member and another substrate member to allow a bio-material in the culture medium to be transferred to a culture medium of another substrate member. | 06-27-2013 |
20130210133 | LOW HEAT CAPACITY COMPOSITE FOR THERMAL CYCLER - Provided is a low heat capacity composite for a thermal cycler . The low heat capacity composite of the present invention is a low heat capacity composite for a thermal cycler capable of overcoming difficulty in manufacture and reproducibility due to uniqueness of the existing PCR thermal cycler only. The low heat capacity composite of the present invention can reduce the cost of raw material and retain excellent heat property due to the improvement in low heat capacity and physical and mechanical properties, thereby remarkably shortening PCR reaction time and saving energy when used as a thermal block for a thermal cycler. | 08-15-2013 |
20130260451 | CULTURE SYSTEMS - A microplate is provided herein having a plate body with at least one well formed therein, the well having a first open end, a second end, an aperture being formed in the second end, and a side wall extending between the first end and the second end. The microplate further has a permeable membrane extending at least partially across the aperture formed in the second end. A microplate is provided with a permeable membrane which allows not only for removal of certain solutes from a solution (high or low molecular weight solutes), but also allows for separation of macromolecular mixtures and degradation of the membrane. The microplate is also provided with an integrated top assembly or integrated inserts. Also provided herein are methods of culturing systems in the microplates described. | 10-03-2013 |
20140206079 | MICROWELL PLATE - A microwell plate comprises a skirt and frame portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, and having a plurality of holes; and a well and deck portion comprising a plurality of wells integrated with a planar deck; wherein the well and deck portion is overmolded or adhered onto the skirt and frame portion such that the plurality of wells extends through the plurality of holes in the top surface of the skirt and frame portion; and wherein the well and deck portion is formed from a thermoplastic composition including a poly(aliphatic ester)-polycarbonate comprising soft block ester units, derived from monomers comprising an alpha, omega C | 07-24-2014 |
20140363885 | TEAR-AWAY MULTI WELL PLATE - The present invention relates to a method for producing a perforated breakable multi well plate comprising providing a multi well plate, and generating one or more perforated section lines along the width and/or length of the multi well plate by puncturing the multi well plate with a slotted blade for each section line to be generated, wherein the slotted blade is rigid and sharpened along one edge and a series of slots extends from the sharpened edge into the blade, thereby forming a series of sharp and rigid teeth alternating with slots. The invention further relates to a press tool usable in the above method as well as a perforated breakable multi well plate. | 12-11-2014 |
20150368599 | DESIGN AND HOT EMBOSSING OF MACRO AND MICRO FEATURES WITH HIGH RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY ACCESS - This disclosure provides micro-feature devices and methods for fabricating micro-feature devices. A micro-feature device can include a substantially rigid transparent substrate. The device can include a plurality of macrowells defined in the transparent substrate. Each macrowell can have a width in the range of about one millimeter to about 35 millimeters and a depth in the range of about two millimeters to about 12 millimeters. Each macrowell can include a respective plurality of microwells defined in a respective lower surface of the macrowell. Each microwell can have a width in the range of about 50 microns to about 500 microns and a depth in the range of about 50 microns to about 500 microns. | 12-24-2015 |
20160002583 | STRUCTURE FOR CULTURING CELLS - The present invention relates to a structure and a container for culturing cells. In one arrangement, the structure ( | 01-07-2016 |
20160002585 | CELL CULTURE DISH SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUSLY JUXTAPOSED AND SEPARATED CULTURES - The present invention relates to a novel culturing apparatus (assembly) which can be termed a cell culture dish. More particularly, the present invention is a “combined cell culture dish” or “dish-in-dish” apparatus comprising at least one smaller cell culture dish fixedly positioned within a larger cell culture dish, and the number of such fixated cell culture dishes can include a multiple number of fixated cell culture dishes within one another, either concentric or eccentric, in any number of geometric shapes, and without limitation to the number of petri dishes included. An alternate embodiment of this invention can include a plurality of cell culture dishes juxtaposed side-by-side having common interior well walls, and the well walls may or may not be different in height depending on the application. | 01-07-2016 |
20160032229 | CELL CULTURE DEVICE - A cell culture device comprises a well. A plurality of microwells are within the well, and a first common fluid volume is within the well above the microwells. A set of sub-microwells are within each microwell, and a second common fluid volume is within each microwell above the set of sub-microwells. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032230 | MULTIWELL PLATE - A mulitwell plate having a plurality of picowells on the bottom of the wells of the plate as well as methods of producing the mulitwell plate are provided. Provided is also a method of handling living cells by providing an ordered array of living cells immobilized in a non-fluid matrix, contacting the living cells with a stimulus; and detecting a response to the stimulus. The present invention is also of a method of producing an ordered array of living cells. | 02-04-2016 |
20160144360 | MICROPLATE HAVING REGIONS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES - A method of forming microplate includes forming a preform microplate including a deck and a plurality of wells, and reforming at least one well of the plurality of wells to provide a microplate. Each well of the plurality of wells in the preform microplate has a first depth and a first wall thickness. At least one well of the microplate has a second depth and a second wall thickness, where the second depth is greater than the first depth and/or the second wall thickness is less than the first wall thickness. | 05-26-2016 |
435305300 | Including cover seal | 7 |
20090239293 | Grooved High Density Plate - A microplate having a main body portion. The main body portion having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a groove disposed about the first surface of the main body portion. The groove separates the main body portion into an inboard section and an outboard section. A plurality of wells are formed in the inboard section of the first surface and each of the plurality of wells being sized to receive an assay therein. | 09-24-2009 |
20090305397 | Cellular entity maturation and transportation systems - A device for transporting at least one cellular entity during culture or maturation, the device comprising a substrate having one or more wells, said one or more wells being adapted to hold a cellular entity in a fluid, lid means for preventing entry or exit of the cellular entity from the one or more wells and fluid transport means connecting the one or more wells to enable flow of fluid or diffusion of chemical species. The apparatus alternatively or in addition comprise a module for transporting a payload at a controlled temperature, the module comprising an outer housing, an outer thermally insulating region, an inner thermally insulating region, and a heat sinking region located between the inner and outer thermally insulating regions, the inner thermally insulating region defining a cavity for receiving a payload, and heating means. | 12-10-2009 |
20100197004 | Microtiter plate to mitigate cell distribution bias from meniscus edge - A lid assembly is provided for mitigation or removal of meniscus along the periphery of sample liquid in the cavity wells of a microtiter plate. The assembly includes a lid plate having a mount surface, an array of plugs corresponding to the array of wells, and a plurality of posts. Each plug extends below from the mount surface and is insertable into the periphery of a counterpart well for contact with the liquid. The plurality of posts suspends the lid plate above the microtiter plate. Each post optionally passes through an orifice through the mount surface, with each post including an adjustable clamp to support the lid plate. The mount surface optionally includes an array of cavities that correspond in disposition to the array of plugs. Each plug is independently insertable through the mount surface to adjust depth of each plug into its counterpart well. | 08-05-2010 |
20140220672 | HARDWARE FOR MAGNETIC 3D CULTURE - Devices for magnetic 3d culture are described including magnetic lids/bases for single Petri plates, adjustable height cap for same, as well similar devices for multi-magnet culture plates. A pen-like device for sterilely lifting and moving cells is also described, and this magnetic pipettor can also exist in multi-well magnetic pipettor formats. | 08-07-2014 |
20150353880 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CELLULAR ANALYSIS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to improved methods and devices for analyzing a cell, aggregated cells, or a solid tumor. Such methods and devices are, for example, useful in the field of pathology and can provide improved cell processing and analytical results. | 12-10-2015 |
20160160164 | ANNULAR CULTURE DISH - An annular culture dish comprising a bottom dish component and a top cover lid. The bottom dish component comprises a bottom plate, a continuous sidewall extending upward from the outer perimeter of the bottom plate, and a central column extending upward from the bottom plate about the centre axis of the bottom dish component, said bottom plate, said sidewall and said central column defining an annular chamber. | 06-09-2016 |
20160250631 | REINFORCED MICROPLATE | 09-01-2016 |
435305400 | Including cover seal | 10 |
20090068729 | FLUID CONTAINMENT FOR LABORATORY CONTAINERS - A culture dish assembly includes a polygonal culture dish with a bottom wall and a side wall enclosure formed by a plurality of generally planar panels joined consecutively to one another by non-planar corners. The side wall enclosure includes a generally planar top edge. Inner surface regions of a plurality of the planar panels are formed with a plurality of projections or recesses that are spaced from one another and spaced from the corners. A splash guard includes engagement flanges disposed for nesting with inner peripheral surface regions of the panels of the side wall enclosure. The engagement flanges include projections or recesses disposed for releasably engaging the projections or recesses on the side wall enclosure to hold the splash guard on the culture dish without creating stress concentrations in the corners. | 03-12-2009 |
20090253198 | CELL CULTURE DISH - The present invention relates to a to a cell culture dish and particularly to a Petri dish. In the present cell culture dish the wall portion of the base and the top portion of the cover are both provided with markings enabling the correlation of particular cell growth areas to particular coordinates permitting retrieval of particular growth areas avoiding disturbing markings provided on the bottom of the dish. | 10-08-2009 |
20100093075 | RECEPTACLE FOR ACCEPTING NUTRIENT MEDIA - Disclosed is a receptacle for accepting nutrient media, especially for bacterial cultures. Said receptacle comprises a dish and a lid that covers the dish. The dish and the lid each have a circular bottom (dish bottom and lid bottom) and an annular wall (dish wall and lid wall) that projects from the bottom. One of the walls, preferably the lid wall, has an at least slightly larger internal diameter than the external diameter of the other wall, preferably the dish wall, such that one wall can be slid onto the other wall to close the dish. In order to be able to safely handle the receptacle, engaging means which prevent the dish and the lid from being accidentally released when the same are mutually engaged, are associated with the dish and the lid. | 04-15-2010 |
20100233800 | FILTERED PETRI DISH - A petri dish includes a cover and base, the cover having at least one circular opening in the top of the cover. A number of securing members are connected to the underside of the cover around the opening to secure at least one filter under the opening, the filter(s) being used to prevent any contaminants from the air from entering the petri dish. A guard member such as a plastic disc is disposed under the filter(s) to prevent any oil in the base of the petri dish from contaminating the filter(s). A sealing member is provided on a peripheral edge of the base to seal the petri dish when the petri dish is closed. | 09-16-2010 |
20110003376 | Cell Culture Dish - A cell culture dish, comprising: a dish with a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall standing upward from the same, a lid, which sits sealingly on the side wall in an aeration position, and means for holding the lid on the dish above the sealing position in an aeration position in which there is an aeration gap between side wall and lid, wherein these means are adapted to be overcome by pressing the lid and the dish together in order to bring the lid from the aeration position into the sealing position. | 01-06-2011 |
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20140162352 | Dual Use Petri Plate With Locking Feature - A dish structure includes: (a) a bottom container having an outer cylindrical wall and a diametric base interconnecting the outer cylindrical wall; (b) a lid having an inverted cylinder provided with a downwardly extending cylindrical wall, the lid being sized so that the downwardly extending cylindrical wall associates with the outer cylindrical wall of the bottom container; (c) a frictionally-engagable member integral with the surface of the downwardly extending cylindrical wall of the lid; (d) a frictionally engagable member integral with the surface of the wall of the bottom container; and (e) at least one of the bottom container and the lid being formed of flexibly deformable synthetic plastic material, which is thin enough to have the characteristics of being flexibly deformable. By such structure the lid and bottom container base may remain loosely assembled (unlocked), or by user manipulation be tightly assembled into a reversibly locked configuration. | 06-12-2014 |
20140178981 | CULTURE MEDIUM DEVICE - The present invention discloses a culture medium device, which comprises a plate containing a solid-state or gel-state culture medium layer; a shield layer covering the culture medium layer; and a lid covering the plate. The shield layer is in a solid, gel or liquid state and contains sugar at a concentration of greater than 0% (w/w) and less than or equal to 0.1% (w/w). Via the shield layer containing a select composition, the present invention can reduce the affection of microbiological contamination and promote the yield and productivity of biomass in the process of inoculating and cultivating Polyporales. | 06-26-2014 |
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