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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1992
Jerry W. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nadine M. Sullivan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ruth F. Eden, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Difco Laboratories Incorporated, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A culture package system comprising a package preferably in the form of a container containing one or more conventional culture media dishes containing solidified culture media. Each dish includes a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall and a removable cover having a bottom wall and a peripheral side side wall which is loosely telescoped over the dish. A plurality of the dishes are preferably provided in inverted stacked relation in the container. A cover is hermetically sealed to close the container. The interior of the package has a gaseous atmosphere having less than 1% oxygen. An oxygen absorber is placed in the package to facilitate maintaining the atmosphere at less than 1% oxygen. Preferably a moisture absorber is also placed in the package. The package is made of plastic material which is impermeable to oxygen and moisture and preferably is in the form of a container which has a base wall and a peripheral wall and a cover sealed thereto.