Roller bottle
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorRobert W. Lynn
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Abstract
A roller bottle is disclosed having a plurality of sections which may be bonded after their interior surfaces have been treated to enhance cell adhesion. The bottle may be plastic so that it is disposable, and has a pair of serrated circumferential edges to improve traction when in contact with rollers on a standard cell production roller apparatus. It includes a bottom cap, a cylindrical section, a top cap having a threaded neck, and a screw cap. The bottom and top caps include the serrated edges which enable the bottle to roll rather than slip on a roller apparatus. A method for the use of the bottles is also disclosed wherein a roller apparatus is able to rotate a large number of stacked bottles.
Claims3
A method for culturing cells within a roller bottle having an interior surface adapted for cell adhesion and an exterior surface including at least one serrated portion along its circumference comprising the steps of contacting said serrated portion with rollers of a roller apparatus and rotating said rollers whereby the bottle rotates without slipping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.