High throughput bioreactor

US7901937B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

• Friedrich Srienc · Lake Elmo, US
• Abdelqader Zamamiri · Glenmont, US
• Nicholas R. Abu-Absi · Minneapolis, US
• James Kacmar · Apex, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N15/14
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A continuous flow bioreactor system that includes a bioreactor, an optional post-bioreactor preparation chamber, a cell sorter, and an optional pre-bioreactor preparation chamber in a closed loop, useful for enriching a heterogeneous cell population growing in the bioreactor with an isolated subpopulation of cells.