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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Sartorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh, Göttingen, DE;
Stiftung Für Lasertechnologien IN Der Medizin Und Meßtechnik Ań Der Universität Ulm (Stiftung Bürgerliches Recht), Ulm, DE;
Steffen Nothelfer, Nersingen, DE;
Alwin Kienle, Blaustein, DE;
Florian Foschum, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Marek Hoehse, Göttingen, DE;
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for determining viability and/or a cell counts of biological cells in a cell suspension culture using collimated transmission. Devices can include an illumination source for generating an electromagnetic illumination beam; beam manipulation means for collimating the illumination beam; and a detection unit for detecting an electromagnetic transmission beam being a portion of the collimated illumination beam which has been transmitted through a sample of the cell suspension culture.