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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Reto Schoeb, Volketswil, CH;
Assignee:
Levitronix LLC, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/02 ; C12N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/02 ; C12N 5/00 ;
Abstract
The method for the holding in flotation of a substance such as a tissue part in a bioreactor ( ) is characterized in that the substance ( ) is acted upon with a fluid; and in that the flow of the fluid acts counter to gravity in such a manner that the substance ( ) is held in flotation. The bioreactor ( ) with a container ( ) for a substance ( ) which is to be acted upon with fluid comprises a first flow chamber ( ) to which a flowing fluid can be supplied, with the first flow chamber ( ) being designed in such a manner that the fluid which flows upwardly therein has a lower speed with increasing height.