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Cell culture carriers and method of use

US5168058A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 1990
Grant dateDec 1, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/72
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to packing material for use in the cultivation of anchorage-dependent cells, which require a solid surface for proliferation. The packing material of the invention is provided in the form of units of curved sheet material, which individual units generally have a thickness of about 0.05 mm to 0.25 mm, the other dimensions being of the order of one to a few millimeter maximum dimensions. Various shapes can be used, such as twisted rectangles, segments of cylinders, convulated ribbons, twisted shapes, ring shape and the like.

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