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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Global Life Sciences Solutions Usa Llc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Manoj Ramakrishna, Bangalore, IN;
Haresh Digambar Patil, Bangalore, IN;
Sebastian John, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 33/04 (2013.01); C12M 1/121 (2013.01); C12M 1/28 (2013.01); C12M 33/00 (2013.01); C12M 37/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a device and method for sampling from a cell culture bioreactor. The invention is useful where it is required to determine the cell count, provide a sample for off-line analyses or remove a sample while at the same time retain sterility of the sample for quality control (QC) assessment. The device of the invention allows for facile aseptic sampling at one or more instances in time during a cell expansion in a bioreactor.