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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ken Mishima, Toyonaka, JP;
Akio Mimura, Fuji, JP;
Yoshimasa Takahara, Narashino, JP;
Kouji Asami, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Hanai, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 29 ; 4352402 ; 4352404 ;
Abstract
A method for measuring a biomass which comprises measuring an electric capacitance across at least one pair of electrodes attached to a bioreactor, and thereby continuously measuring a biomass of organisms (such as microorganism and plant or animal cells), which may or may not be immobilized in the bioreactor, according to the electric capacitance (dielectric permitivity) measured. The present invention permits one to measure on-line the quantities of microorgansisms or plant or animal cells without having to take samples from a bioreactor or culture tank.