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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles G. Butts, Weaverville, NC (US);
Assignee:
SPX Corporation, Muskegon, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/38 ;
Abstract
A cell culture incubator (,) is provided which includes one or more UV lamps (,) allowing continuous or semi-continuous on-demand incubator sterilization. The incubator (,) includes a thermally insulated cabinet (,) having an internal working chamber (,) and a hingedly mounted door (,). The sterilizing UV lamp (,) may be mounted in a circulating airflow passageway (,) to continuously sterilize air circulating through the working chamber (,). Alternately or in addition thereto, the lamp (,) may be mounted in the door (,) with a reflector (,) for focusing the UV radiation into the working chamber (,). Preferably, short-wave UV lamps are employed.