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Cell culture insert and device for cultivating cells

US11566216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BRAND GMBH & CO KG · DE

Inventors

Frank Nicolas · Heidingsfeld, DE
Antonio Romaguera · Wertheim, DE
Peter Prokopp · Wertheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12M23/46
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cell culture insert with a hollow cylindrical housing having an upper end-face opening delimited by an opening edge and a lower end-face base designed as a membrane, support feet being arranged on the base edge of the housing and/or on the base and at least one support arm. The legs protrude downward for supporting the housing on a support in a non-tipping manner with a small uniform spacing between the base and the support. The at least one support arm protrudes outwards at the opening edge and can be placed on an edge of a well plate in which a plurality of wells. The support arm is an edge hanging element, and for this purpose, has a support section that runs radially relative to the housing and a hanging section that runs from the support section downwards in the direction of the base of the housing.

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