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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
Franz J. Baudenbacher, Franklin, TN (US);
David Cliffel, Nashville, TN (US);
Frederick R. Haselton, Nashville, TN (US);
Eugene J. Leboeuf, Franklin, TN (US);
Ales Prokop, Franklin, TN (US);
Randall S. Reiserer, Nashville, TN (US);
Mark A. Stremler, Franklin, TN (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
Franz J. Baudenbacher, Franklin, TN (US);
David Cliffel, Nashville, TN (US);
Frederick R. Haselton, Nashville, TN (US);
Eugene J. Leboeuf, Franklin, TN (US);
Ales Prokop, Franklin, TN (US);
Randall S. Reiserer, Nashville, TN (US);
Mark A. Stremler, Franklin, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor has a first substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a chamber therebetween for receiving the cells and the liquid medium. The bioreactor further has a barrier dividing the chamber into a first subchamber and a second subchamber, wherein the barrier has a porosity to allow the first subchamber and the second subchamber in fluid communication and allow at least one predetermined type of cells to permeate between the first subchamber and the second subchamber.