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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Rietschel, Söhrewald, DE;
Wolfgang Kahlert, Körle, DE;
Reinhard Kiel, late of Melsungen, DE;
Assignee:
Sartorius AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/21 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/21 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a defoaming rotor capable of skimming foam from the surface of the fermentation broth in a bioreactor, separating the solid and liquid components from the gaseous component of the foam, and returning the solid and liquid components to the broth.