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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Eduard Gerard Marie Pelssers, Panningen, NL;
Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Reinhold Wimberger-Friedl, Waalre, NL;
Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendok, NL;
Achim Hilgers, Alsdorf, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A biological cell preservation or culturing arrangement () comprises a chamber defining a fluid retaining space () for retaining in use a body of fluid () and a deformable membrane () in communication with the fluid retaining space, and being manipulable by an electroactive polymer actuator arrangement () to undergo a defined topology change to induce in the fluid a pattern of fluid flow by which fluid is exchanged between a sub-region () immediately proximal the deformable membrane and a sub-region () removed from the deformable membrane.