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US 12,503,680 B2Granted
Methods and systems for cell bed formation during bioprocessing
AssigneeImmunityBio, Inc.
InventorsShannyn Bessette, Diemchi Nguyen
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AssigneeImmunityBio, Inc.
InventorsShannyn Bessette, Diemchi Nguyen
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Methods and systems are disclosed for manipulating inert materials and biomaterials, including cell cultures, to efficiently form effective cell beds while preventing excess flow through of cells to permeate waste during bioprocessing. Gentle centrifugation concentrates a large volume of cells produced from bioreactors into the desired concentrated volume and cell density. When cells pass through the centrifuge, the majority fraction of cells are retained in the centrifuge disposable chamber pods as a cell bed. A recirculation loop redirects the remaining minority fraction of cells back to the cell bag instead of proceeding to waste. This prevents initial cell loss during cell bed formation in the chamber pods, increases overall cell yields at harvest, and conserves materials, for example. Growing and harvesting natural killer cells, in particular, increased yields by over 30% when the recirculation loop was employed.
A method for enhancing fluidized biomaterial bed formation, the method comprising:
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