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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Flodesign Sonics, Inc., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Bart Lipkens, Hampden, MA (US);
Louis Masi, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Stanley Kowalski, III, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Walter M. Presz, Jr., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Jason Dionne, Simsbury, CT (US);
Brian Dutra, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Ari Mercado, Agawam, MA (US);
Thomas J. Kennedy, III, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Arthur Martin, Sutton, MA (US);
John Rozembersky, Boxborough, MA (US);
FloDesign Sonics, Inc, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Abstract
A perfusion bioreactor includes at least one ultrasonic transducer that can acoustically generate a multi-dimensional standing wave. The standing wave can be used to retain cells in the bioreactor, and can also be utilized to dewater or further harvest product from the waste materials produced in a bioreactor.