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Bioreactor using acoustic standing waves

US9738867B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

FloDesign Sonics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Bart Lipkens · Hampden, US
Louis Masi · Boston, US
Stanley Kowalski, III · Lighthouse Point, US
Walter M. Presz, Jr. · Wilbraham, US
Jason Dionne · Simsbury, US
Brian Dutra · Rockland, US
Ari Mercado · Agawam, US
Thomas J. Kennedy, III · Wilbraham, US
Arthur Martin · Sutton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P21/02
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A perfusion bioreactor includes at least one ultrasonic transducer that can acoustically generate a multi-dimensional standing wave. The standing wave can be used to retain cells in the bioreactor, and can also be utilized to dewater or further harvest product from the waste materials produced in a bioreactor.

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